forestry
Syllables: for·est·ry/ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/
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forestry noun: the science of planting and growing trees in forests.
Noun
forestry (countable and uncountable, plural forestries)
- The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
- She studied forestry and environmental management.
- The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
- The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
- sustainable forestry
- The region depends heavily on forestry for employment.
- Commercial tree farming.
- A tree farm.
- A forest-covered area.
forestry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
forestry in Hindi
- वानिकी
forestry in Tamil
- வனவியல், காட்டியல், வனத்தாவரவியல், வனப்பரிபாலனம்
forestry in Marathi
- वनीकरण, वनसंवर्धन
forestry in Urdu
- جنگلیات
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- forestry in Bengali
- বনপালনবিদ্যা, বনাঁচল
- forestry in Telugu
- అటవీశాస్త్రం
- forestry in Malayalam
- വനശാസ്ത്രം, വനപരിപാലനശാസ്ത്രം, വനവർദ്ധനവിദ്യ, വനവത്കരണം
- forestry in Kannada
- ಅರಣ್ಯ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಕಾಡರಿಮೆ, ಕಾಡಿನ ಏಳಿಗೆ, ಅರಣ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- forestry in Gujarati
- વનસંવર્ધન, વનીકરણ
- forestry in Odia
- ବନାଯ଼ନ, ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ
- forestry in Nepali
- वानिकी, वनसम्पादन, वनशास्त्र
- forestry in Tagalog
- palagubatan
- forestry in Vietnamese
- lâm nghiệp
Examples of forestry in a sentence
- J.D. took to the forestry stuff like a chicken on a June Bug.
- They were really concerned about forestry and logging in their area, and there was a sense of urgency.
- The Marches also have areas of intensive farming, as well as extensive forestry plantations where nature is struggling to thrive.
Synonyms of forestry
Forms of forestry
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Origin of forestry
From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest.
Words formed from forestry
Phrases with forestry
Questions about forestry
- What does forestry mean?
- Forestry means the science of planting and growing trees in forests.
- What is forestry in Hindi?
- Forestry in Hindi is वानिकी. See Forestry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is forestry?
- Forestry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce forestry?
- Forestry is pronounced /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/.
- What is the plural of forestry?
- The plural of forestry is forestries.
Words near forestry in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: forestry (page history and authors); forestry (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forestry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forestry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forestry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forestry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forestry (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forestry (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); forestry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forestry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forestry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forestry (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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