Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

    She studied forestry and environmental management.

    Forstwirtschaft

    лесни́чествоlesníčestvo, лесово́дствоlesovódstvo, лесове́дениеlesovédenije

    лісівни́цтвоlisivnýctvo, лісозна́вствоlisoznávstvo

    the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber

  2. (uncountable)The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

    Forstwirtschaft

    лісівни́цтвоlisivnýctvo

  3. (uncountable)The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.

    sustainable forestry

    The region depends heavily on forestry for employment.

    Forstwirtschaft

    лісівни́цтвоlisivnýctvo

  4. (uncountable)Commercial tree farming.

    лісівни́цтвоlisivnýctvo

  5. (countable)A tree farm.

  6. (countable)A forest-covered area.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom has a degree in forestry.

    Том має ступінь в галузі лісового господарства.

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  2. I have a degree in forestry.

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  3. Tom majored in forestry.

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  4. He has a degree in forestry.

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  5. Forestry and farming are minor components of GDP.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
science of planting and growing trees:
Русский
By meaning 1
science of planting and growing trees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
science of planting and growing trees:

Origin

From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester

From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest.

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Forms

plural: forestries
Singularforestry
Pluralforestries

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
silviculturesylviculture

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forestry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto