forest fire

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forest/ˈfɒrɪst/
noun
  • 1 a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.

    historical an area, typically owned by the sovereign and partly wooded, kept for hunting and having its own laws.

  • 2 a dense mass of vertical or tangled objects.
verb (usu. as adj. forested) plant with trees.
– derivatives
forestation noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. forestis (silva), lit. ‘(wood) outside’, from L. foris (see foreign).
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