rainforest
A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry seasonA forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
» Rainforests should be preserved.
Die Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden.
Тропические леса должны быть сохранены.
Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені.
Meaning
1 senses(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 sentencesRainforests should be preserved.
Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені.
ruТропические леса должны быть сохранены.
deDie Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden.
We must protect the rainforest.
Ми мусимо захистити дощовий ліс.
ruМы должны защитить тропический лес.
deWir müssen den Regenwald schützen.
Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.
deJedes Jahr werden zehn Millionen Hektar tropischer Regenwald zerstört.
Rainforests provide the earth with many benefits.
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.
Translations
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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: rainforestsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a forest with heavy annual rainfall:rain forest
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable