forestry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
Commercial tree farming.
A tree farm.
A forest-covered area.

fŏrʹ-ĭst-rē /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-forestry.wav /ˈfɑɹ.ɪst.ɹi/

forestry forestries

From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest.

silviculture sylviculture

agroforestry ecoforestry forestry machine mycoforestry nonforestry

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary