лес

Definitions

1. 1.
   forest, woods

   • леса́

     lesá — woodland, forests

   • де́вственный лес

     dévstvennyj les — virgin forest, primeval forest

   • корабе́льный лес

     korabélʹnyj les — ship timber

2. 2.
   lumber, timber

   • ле́с в плота́х

     lés v plotáx — timber float

   • ле́с на корню́

     lés na kornjú — standing timber

3. 3.
   леса́ scaffolding, scaffold trestle, falsework

   • леса́

     lesá — scaffolding, scaffold trestle

4. 4.
   much, many, a lot of something (especially high, eminent)

   • лес рук

     les ruk — a forest of hands (in school if nobody wants to answer the teacher’s question, it's used sarcastically, when nobody actually raises a hand, there is no "forest of hands", not a single "tree", i.e. hand)

   • лес мачт

     les mačt — a large number of ships

   • лес штыко́в

     les štykóv — forest of bayonets

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