(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a large area where trees grow close together.
Parts of the ~ are still dense and inaccessible.
...25 million hectares of ~.
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2.
A ~ of tall or narrow objects is a group of them standing or sticking upright. (LITERARY)
They descended from the plane into a ~ of microphones and cameras.
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