Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.

    Regenwald

    дождево́й лесdoždevój les, се́льваsélʹva

    дощовий лісdoščovyj lis

    a forest with heavy annual rainfall

Examples

61 sentences
  1. Rainforests should be preserved.

    Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені.

    ruТропические леса должны быть сохранены.

    deDie Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden.

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  2. We must protect the rainforest.

    Ми мусимо захистити дощовий ліс.

    ruМы должны защитить тропический лес.

    deWir müssen den Regenwald schützen.

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  3. Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.

    deJedes Jahr werden zehn Millionen Hektar tropischer Regenwald zerstört.

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  4. Rainforests provide the earth with many benefits.

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  5. The rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.

    ruТропические леса исчезают со скоростью нескольких десятков тысяч гектаров в день.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

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Forms

plural: rainforests

Synonyms

3 synonyms
jungleB1tropical forest
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rainforest — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto