Plural of forest
regular plural
The plural of forest is forests.
Forms of forest
| Singular | forest /ˈfɒɹɪst/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | forests /ˈfɒɹɪsts/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Forests in a sentence
- Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29
- During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.From the entry fire
- The overexploitation of forests left the island nearly denuded of trees.From the entry overexploitation
- Drunken trees leaning in random directions are often found in spruce forests where discontinuous permafrost has melted.From the entry drunken trees
- Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation.From the entry cloud forest
Meaning of forest
- noun A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- noun Any dense collection or amount.
- noun A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
Questions about the plural of forest
- What is the plural of forest?
- The plural of forest is forests.
- Is forest countable?
- Forest is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forest (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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