- 1[countable, uncountable] a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees a tropical forest a forest fire Thousands of acres of forest are destroyed each year. see cloud forest, rainforest
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- 2[countable] forest (of something) a mass of tall narrow objects that are close together a forest of television antennas Idioms
to not see or understand the main point about something, because you are paying too much attention to small details
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