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A loud warning by driver: "Halt! Tree planting here!"
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afforestation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover. Reforestation is the reestablishment of forest cover, either naturally (by natural seeding, coppice, or root suckers) or artificially (by ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both forest management and afforestation are responsible for direct and indirect environmental change. ▪ Most have long since gone, leaving behind their legacy of sunless, blanket afforestation . ▪ No distinction is made between ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Afforestation \Af*for`es*ta"tion\, n. The act of converting into forest or woodland. --Blackstone.
Usage examples of afforestation.
William Swayne, known to the whole valley as Willie the Twig by reason of his solitary lordship of some ten square miles of new and old afforestation along the border, found nothing interesting in gatherings for social chit-chat, and preferred his deer and his setters to more garrulous company.
There ought to be in permanent existence certain recognised industries of a useful, but uncompetitive character, like, we will say, afforestation, managed by public departments, and capable of being expanded or contracted according to the needs of the labour market, just as easily as you can pull out the stops or work the pedals of an organ.