Forestry Definition

fôrĭ-strē, fŏr-
noun
Wooded land; forest land.
Webster's New World
The science of planting and taking care of forests.
Webster's New World
Systematic forest management for the production of timber, conservation, etc.
Webster's New World

Commercial tree farming.

Wiktionary
(countable) A tree farm.
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Other Word Forms of Forestry

Noun

Singular:
forestry
Plural:
forestries

Origin of Forestry

  • From Old French foresterie, from forest.

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Forestry Sentence Examples

  • The damage to forestry by deer herds is considerable.

  • Forestry is a state-protected industry, the government owning over 500,000 acres of forest.

  • Members of the forest service undergo a preliminary course of instruction at a school of forestry, and a further course at the Institute of Forestry, Stockholm, which dates from 1828.

  • The rocks are in a former forestry plantation, which has now been cleared.

  • The Forestry Commission controls vast tracts of hill land yet there is concern that it is an unaccountable quango.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

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YRYTRY

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With Y