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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season. countable, uncountable

   "Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest."

2. 2
   a forest with heavy annual rainfall wordnet

Synonyms

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junglejunglerain forestrain foresttropical forest

Antonyms

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arid

Example

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"Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest."

Etymology

From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

Related phrases

rainforest mystictemperate rainforesttropical rainforest

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