RE-AFFORESTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does re-afforestation mean? 

• RE-AFFORESTATION (noun)
  The noun RE-AFFORESTATION has 1 sense:

1. the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

  Familiarity information: RE-AFFORESTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RE-AFFORESTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

re-afforestation; reforestation

Hypernyms ("re-afforestation" is a kind of...):

reclamation; rehabilitation; renewal (the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation)

Derivation:

re-afforest (reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.)