virgin forest
virgin forest · virgin forests
девственный лес
Urwald
A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbanceA forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.
» They say that in Japan there remain virgin forests.
Говорят, в Японии ещё остаются нетронутые леса.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.
Urwald
де́вственный лесdévstvennyj les
More definitions
- forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
Examples
2 sentencesThey say that in Japan there remain virgin forests.
ruГоворят, в Японии ещё остаются нетронутые леса. — fjay69
Sami dedicated his life to protect these wonderful virgin forests.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
forest free from disturbance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
forest free from disturbance:
Forms
plural: virgin forests| Singular | virgin forest |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity:old growth
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable