red forest

red forest noun: a forest (group of domains) having high security and limited access, used for administrative purposes.

Noun

red forest (plural red forests)

(Microsoft Windows) A forest (group of domains) having high security and limited access, used for administrative purposes.

Synonyms:

bastion forest
A forest contaminated with nuclear fallout.
A forest killed by an infestation of mountain pine beetle.

Proper noun capitalized: Red Forest

the Red Forest

A red forest in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Polesia, Ukraine; a highly radioactive and highly contaminated pine forest caused by fallout from the Chornobyl-Vladimir Lenin nuclear power plant meltdown disaster accident.

Synonyms of red forest

bastion forest

Forms of red forest

plural	red forests

Origin of red forest

* (ecology): Due to the colouration found in forest that has been killed.

From red + forest. Calque of Slavic (Russian Ры́жий лес (Rýžij les) and Ukrainian Руди́й ліс (Rudýj lis)). From the reddish colouration of the forest leaves and trees in the contamination zone.

Questions about red forest

What does red forest mean?: Red forest means a forest (group of domains) having high security and limited access, used for administrative purposes.
What part of speech is red forest?: Red forest can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of red forest?: The plural of red forest is red forests.

Words near red forest in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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