forest
/ˈfɒrɪst/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɒrɪst/
forest
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
fo - rest -> forest
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
forest / 'fɒrÇst; US 'fↄ:r- / n
၁။ (က) [C] သစ်တော။ the dense tropical forests of the Amazon basin ❍ forest animals/ fires.
(ခ) [U] သစ်တော။ တော။ Very little forest is left unexplored these days. See also RAIN FOREST
၂။ [C] တော။ a forest of television aerias.
❏ forested adj သစ်တောဖုံးလွှမ်းသော။ thickly forested areas.
❏ forester n သစ်တောအမှုထမ်း။ တောအုပ်။
❏ forestry n [U] သစ်တောပညာ။ သစ်တောလုပ်ငန်း။ the Forestry Commission.
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woods, wood, woodland, wooded area, jungle, apple, aquamarine, backwoods, beryl, bice, blue-green, brake, chartreuse, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, emerald, forestry, green, greenish-blue, grove, growth, kelly, lime, malachite, olive, park, pea, peacock, plantation, sapper, shelter, spinach, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, verdigris, vert, viridian, weald, wildwood, willow, woodlot
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