Timberland vs. Forest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Timberland and Forest
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Timberland
Forested land, especially land containing timber of commercial value.
Forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.
Timberland
Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
Forest
A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
A pine forest
A large tract of forest
Timberland
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
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Forest
A large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects
A forest of high-rise apartments
Forest
Cover (land) with forest; plant with trees
A forested hillside
Forest
A growth of trees and other plants covering a large area.
Forest
A large number of objects bearing a similarity to such a growth, especially a dense collection of tall objects
A forest of skyscrapers.
Forest
A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.
Forest
To plant trees on or cover with trees.
Forest
A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
Forest
Any dense collection or amount.
A forest of criticism
Forest
(historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
Forest
(graph theory) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
Forest
A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
Forest
The colour forest green.
Forest
(transitive) To cover an area with trees.
Forest
An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated.
Forest
A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own.
Forest
Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan.
Forest
To cover with trees or wood.
Forest
The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
Forest
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Forest
Establish a forest on previously unforested land;
Afforest the mountains
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