national forest

noun

: a usually forested area of considerable extent that is preserved by government decree from private exploitation and is harvested only under supervision

Examples of national forest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule, prohibits the new construction of roads and timber harvesting on nearly 45 million acres of national forests and grasslands. —John Leos, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025

And more than 60 million Americans rely on drinking water from rivers and aquifers whose sources are within national forests. —Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025

Now in its third week, the Garnet Fire continues to challenge firefighters, exceeding 50,000 acres and reaching a grove of ancient sequoias in the national forest. —Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025

At least 21 people died in the Eaton and Fairview fires, which burned tens of thousands of acres of national forest lands in Southern California and caused widespread property damage. —Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for national forest

• aorist
• deforest
• folklorist
• rainforest
• chorused
• sorest