(~s)
1.
A ~ is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
...the mountains and ~s of Papua New Guinea...
The mountain area is covered entirely in dense ~.
N-VAR
2.
If you describe a place as a ~, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy.
...a ~ of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants.
N-SING: with supp emphasis
3.
If you describe a situation as a ~, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it.
Social security law and procedure remain a ~ of complex rules.
N-SING: with supp disapproval
4.
If you refer to the law of the ~, you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want.
If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the ~...
PHRASE disapproval