forest : Idioms & Phrases

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argonne forest

  • noun an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
    Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse.
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black forest

  • noun a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany
    Schwarzwald.
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de forest

  • noun United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
    Father of Radio; De Forest.
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Drift of the forest

  • (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged.
Webster 1913

forest fire

  • noun an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area
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forest fire fighter

  • noun an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
    ranger; fire warden.
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Forest fly

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) One of numerous species of blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidæ, which attack both men and beasts. See Horse fly. (b) A fly of the genus Hippobosca, esp. H. equina. See Horse tick.
Webster 1913

Forest glade

  • a grassy space in a forest. Thomson.
Webster 1913

forest goat

  • noun cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
    Pseudoryx nghetinhensis; spindle horn.
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forest god

  • noun one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
    satyr.
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Forest laws

  • laws for the protection of game, preservation of timber, etc., in forests.
Webster 1913

forest red gum

  • noun tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria
    Eucalypt tereticornis.
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forest tent caterpillar

  • noun larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
    Malacosoma disstria.
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Forest tree

  • a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.
Webster 1913

Keeper of the forest

  • (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest.
Webster 1913

lee de forest

  • noun United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
    Father of Radio; De Forest.
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new forest

  • noun an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies
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petrified forest national park

  • noun a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
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rain forest

  • noun a forest with heavy annual rainfall
    rainforest.
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riparian forest

  • noun woodlands along the banks of stream or river
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sherwood forest

  • noun an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band
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temperate rain forest

  • noun a rain forest in a temperate area
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tropical rain forest

  • noun a rain forest in a tropical area
    selva.
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virgin forest

  • noun forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
    old growth.
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