RAIN FOREST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A forest with heavy annual rainfall

Synonyms:

rain forest; rainforest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("rain forest" is a kind of...):

forest; wood; woods (the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rain forest"):

temperate rain forest (a rain forest in a temperate area)

selva; tropical rain forest (a rain forest in a tropical area)