afforestation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.10 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Much might be said of the condition of the timber in the reserves, as typified in this locality, of possible means for its conservation and regulated use, and of the problems of afforestation, and of sylviculture generally, which are involved in the proper management of the reserves."
- "While, however, the military critic from Britain might concur in this, he might tell us that the afforestation of such a wilderness as is Natal, for instance, is too large an undertaking for practical consideration."
- "At first the Japanese, too, were careless in this respect, for the supply of camphor trees seemed practically limitless, but the great increase in the demand for the product in late years has made scientific afforestation necessary."
- "There are very few native trees in Iceland, primarily downy birch and rowan, but afforestation efforts are underway."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest + -ation.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: afforestātiō, ad-, forestis, -iō