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forestness

forestness noun: the quality of being forest.

Noun

forestness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being forest.
    • Symphonic music is the best analogy with which I can attempt description: a low bass hum of forestness, of accreted scent (there are many dead things buried here); fleeting piccolo notes that spatter me for a moment and then evaporate […]2005, Toby Litt, Ghost Story

Origin of forestness

From forest + -ness.

Questions about forestness

What does forestness mean?
Forestness means the quality of being forest.
What part of speech is forestness?
Forestness is a noun.

Words near forestness in the dictionary

  1. forestland
  2. forestlands
  3. forestless
  4. forestlessness
  5. forestlike
  6. forestness
  7. forestock
  8. forestocks
  9. forestocracies
  10. forestocracy
  11. forestology

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