"forestry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/, /ˈfɑɹ.ɪst.ɹi/ [New-York-City] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-forestry.wav [US] Forms: forestries [plural]
enPR: fŏrʹ-ĭst-rē Rhymes: -ɒɹɪstɹi Etymology: From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*forestrie}} Middle English *forestrie, {{m|enm|*forsterie}} *forsterie, {{m+|enm|forster}} Middle English forster, {{m|enm|forester|t=forester}} forester (“forester”), {{der|en|fro|foresterie}} Old French foresterie, {{m|fro|forest}} forest Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} forestry (countable and uncountable, plural forestries)
  1. (uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests. Tags: uncountable Translations (science of planting and growing trees): лесовъдство (lesovǎdstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 林業 (Chinese Mandarin), 林业 (línyè) (Chinese Mandarin), lesnictví [neuter] (Czech), bosbouwkunde [masculine] (Dutch), metsätiede (Finnish), sylviculture [feminine] (French), Forstwirtschaft [feminine] (German), foraoiseolaíocht (Irish), foraoiseacht [feminine] (Irish), cranneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 林業 (ringyō) (alt: りんぎょう) (Japanese), ормончулук (ormonculuk) (Kyrgyz), токойчулук (tokoyculuk) (Kyrgyz), leśnictwo [neuter] (Polish), silvicultura [feminine] (Portuguese), лесни́чество (lesníčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), лесово́дство (lesovódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), лесове́дение (lesovédenije) [neuter] (Russian), coilltearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gozdarstvo [neuter] (Slovene), silvicultura [feminine] (Spanish), skogsvetenskap [Sweden, common-gender] (Swedish), forstvetenskap [Finland, common-gender] (Swedish), palagubatan (Tagalog), ormancılık (Turkish), лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), лісозна́вство (lisoznávstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), lâm nghiệp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-iUYNz49z Disambiguation of 'science of planting and growing trees': 52 37 1 5 4 1
  2. (uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests. Tags: uncountable Translations (art and practice of planting and growing trees): bosbedryf (Afrikaans), залесяване (zalesjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bosbouw [masculine] (Dutch), bosbedrijf [neuter] (Dutch), metsänhoito (Finnish), Forstwirtschaft [feminine] (German), foraoiseacht [feminine] (Irish), foraoiseolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), cranneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), silvicultura [feminine] (Portuguese), coilltearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), silvicultura [feminine] (Spanish), skogsbruk [neuter] (Swedish), palagubatan (Tagalog), ormancılık (Turkish), лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), lâm nghiệp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-b4tj5bcl Disambiguation of 'art and practice of planting and growing trees': 22 47 26 3 3 0
  3. (uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes. Tags: uncountable Translations (art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes): commerciële bosbouw [masculine] (Dutch), metsätalous (Finnish), Forstwirtschaft [feminine] (German), foraoiseacht [feminine] (Irish), foraoiseolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), cranneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), engenharia florestal [feminine] (Portuguese), coilltearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ingeniería forestal [feminine] (Spanish), skogsbruk [neuter] (Swedish), ormancılık (Turkish), лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), lâm nghiệp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-Vat3lo0a Disambiguation of 'art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes': 4 8 61 12 14 1
  4. (uncountable) Commercial tree farming. Tags: uncountable Translations (tree farming): лесовъдство (lesovǎdstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bomenteelt [masculine] (Dutch), puunviljely (Finnish), metsätaloustiede (Finnish), foraoiseacht [feminine] (Irish), foraoiseolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), cranneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), silvicultura [feminine] (Portuguese), coilltearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), skogsbruk [neuter] (Swedish), ormancılık (Turkish), лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-yu3acXPX Disambiguation of 'tree farming': 4 4 3 73 15 2
  5. (countable) A tree farm. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Forestry
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-L0T2reN7 Disambiguation of Forestry: 6 5 16 19 50 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 20 5 69 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 4 20 7 64 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 5 22 9 59 3
  6. (countable) A forest-covered area. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-forestry-en-noun-l81xjLT0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silviculture, sylviculture Derived forms: agroforestry, mycoforestry, forestry machine

Inflected forms

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          "word": "commerciële bosbouw"
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          "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
          "word": "metsätalous"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "foraoiseacht"
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          "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
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          "word": "engenharia florestal"
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          "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
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          "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
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      "word": "commerciële bosbouw"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "word": "metsätalous"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Forstwirtschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foraoiseacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foraoiseolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cranneolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "engenharia florestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coilltearachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ingeniería forestal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skogsbruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "word": "ormancılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lisivnýctvo",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лісівни́цтво"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes",
      "word": "lâm nghiệp"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lesovǎdstvo",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лесовъдство"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bomenteelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "word": "puunviljely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "word": "metsätaloustiede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foraoiseacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foraoiseolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cranneolaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silvicultura"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coilltearachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skogsbruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "word": "ormancılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lisivnýctvo",
      "sense": "tree farming",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лісівни́цтво"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forestry"
}

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