rainforest

B1 Topic:Weather & Climate
US /ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/ UK /ˈɹeɪn.fɒɹ.ɪst/
noun Freq #16043

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A thick forest in a warm area that has a lot of rain all year.

    Many rare animals live in the Amazon rainforest.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a thick forest in a warm... jungletropical forestrain forest
Word family
Forms rainforests

Etymology

From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

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