Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈɹeɪn.fɒɹ.ɪst/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Synonyms
- jungletropical forest
- Examples
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Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest.
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Tropical rainforests in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.
Enjoy your visit to the rainforests, because the next time you go there things could be very different.
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Some researchers worry that rainforests will soon reach a tipping point — a point of no return in which the once-lush forests transition to arid regions.
The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
Noun
a forest with heavy annual rainfall
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