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Definition of rainforest noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rainforest

noun

NAmE//ˈreɪnˌfɔrəst//

, NAmE//ˈreɪnˌfɑrəst//

[countable, uncountable]

a thick forest in tropical parts of the world that have a lot of rain the Amazon rainforest compare cloud forest

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