forest

forest is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
2. noun. A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
4. transitive verb. To cover with trees or wood.
5. noun. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

   Synonyms: wood, woods

6. noun. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland

7. verb. establish a forest on previously unforested land

   "afforest the mountains"

   Synonyms: afforest

Synonyms

wood, woods, timber, timberland, woodland, afforest

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forest:

fetors, forset, fortes, foster, fstore, softer

Common word forms

forests, forestal, forested, forester, forestful, foresting, forestless

Words from these letters

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