afforestation
11afforestation — See afforest. * * * …
12afforestation — noun The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested. See Also: afforest, deforest, deforestation, reforest, reforestation …
13Afforestation — The conversion into a designated forest with the legal trappings attaching thereto which circumscribed or forbade hunting by any but the lord. The Normans were particularly avid hunters and greatly extended forest law. Perhaps a third of England… …
14afforestation — planting of trees on previously un wooded land …
15afforestation — Synonyms and related words: Christmas tree farming, arboretum, arboriculture, boondocks, bush, bushveld, chase, climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, forest, forest land, forest management, forest preserve, forestation, forestry, fringing… …
16afforestation — af|for|es|ta|tion [əˌfɔrıˈsteıʃən US əˌfo: , əˌfa: ] n [U] technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: afforestatio, from afforestare to plant a forest , from Latin ad to + Medieval Latin forestis forest ] the act of planting trees in… …
17afforestation — af|for|es|ta|tion [ ə,fɔrə steıʃn ] noun uncount TECHNICAL the process of planting many trees on an area of land ─ compare DEFORESTATION …
18afforestation — af·for·est·a·tion || æ‚fÉ’rɪ steɪʃn n. act of turning bare land into forest …
19Afforestation — Planting of new forests on lands that have not been recently forested. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
20afforestation — noun (U) technical the act of planting trees in order to make a forest opposite deforestation afforest verb (T) …
