afforestation meaning

UK US

afforestation (noun): the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting).

Definition of afforestation

  1. the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

    Type of: conversion

    Related forms: afforest

Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AF · words ending in ON · 13-letter words

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