# forests

Pronunciation: say "FOR-ists" US /ˈfɔɹɪsts/, UK /ˈfɒɹɪsts/

## Noun

1. Plural of forest. — plural of forest
   - Simple: Plural of forest. Use this form when you mean more than one forest.
   - _The country's old-growth forests store enormous amounts of carbon._
   - _Loggers cleared vast tracts of the coastal forests within a decade._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of forest. — third-person singular simple present indicative of forest
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of forest. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The agency forests degraded farmland to restore native habitat._
   - _Every year the council forests the slopes above town to prevent erosion._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/forests (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).