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forestry

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • She studied forestry and environmental management.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • sustainable forestry
  • The region depends heavily on forestry for employment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Commercial tree farming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A tree farm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A forest-covered area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biology, biological science

Narrower terms: undercut, silviculture

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лесовъдство (lesovǎdstvo) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 林業 /林业 (línyè) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Czech: lesnictví — science of planting and growing trees
  • Dutch: bosbouwkunde — science of planting and growing trees
  • Finnish: metsätiede — science of planting and growing trees
  • French: sylviculture — science of planting and growing trees
  • German: Forstwirtschaft — science of planting and growing trees
  • Greek: δασολογία (dasología) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Hungarian: erdészet — science of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: foraoiseolaíocht — science of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: foraoiseacht — science of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: cranneolaíocht — science of planting and growing trees
  • Japanese: 林業 (ringyō) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Kazakh: орманшылық (ormanşylyq) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Kyrgyz: ормончулук (ormonculuk) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Kyrgyz: токойчулук (tokoyculuk) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Polish: leśnictwo — science of planting and growing trees
  • Portuguese: silvicultura — science of planting and growing trees
  • Russian: лесни́чество (lesníčestvo) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Russian: лесово́дство (lesovódstvo) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Russian: лесове́дение (lesovédenije) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd — science of planting and growing trees
  • Slovene: gozdarstvo — science of planting and growing trees
  • Spanish: silvicultura — science of planting and growing trees
  • Swedish: skogsvetenskap — science of planting and growing trees
  • Swedish: forstvetenskap — science of planting and growing trees
  • Tagalog: palagubatan — science of planting and growing trees
  • Turkish: ormancılık — science of planting and growing trees
  • Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Ukrainian: лісозна́вство (lisoznávstvo) — science of planting and growing trees
  • Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp — science of planting and growing trees
  • Welsh: coedwigaeth — science of planting and growing trees
  • Afrikaans: bosbedryf — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Bulgarian: залесяване (zalesjavane) — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Dutch: bosbouw — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Dutch: bosbedrijf — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Finnish: metsänhoito — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • German: Forstwirtschaft — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Greek: δασοκομία (dasokomía) — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Hungarian: erdészet — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: foraoiseacht — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: foraoiseolaíocht — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Irish: cranneolaíocht — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Portuguese: silvicultura — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Spanish: silvicultura — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Swedish: skogsbruk — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Tagalog: palagubatan — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Turkish: ormancılık — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp — art and practice of planting and growing trees
  • Dutch: commerciële bosbouw — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Finnish: metsätalous — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • German: Forstwirtschaft — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Greek: δασοπονία (dasoponía) — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Hungarian: erdészet — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Irish: foraoiseacht — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Irish: foraoiseolaíocht — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Irish: cranneolaíocht — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Portuguese: engenharia florestal — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Spanish: ingeniería forestal — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Swedish: skogsbruk — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Turkish: ormancılık — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp — art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes
  • Bulgarian: лесовъдство (lesovǎdstvo) — tree farming
  • Dutch: bomenteelt — tree farming
  • Finnish: puunviljely — tree farming
  • Finnish: metsätaloustiede — tree farming
  • Irish: foraoiseacht — tree farming
  • Irish: foraoiseolaíocht — tree farming
  • Irish: cranneolaíocht — tree farming
  • Portuguese: silvicultura — tree farming
  • Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd — tree farming
  • Swedish: skogsbruk — tree farming
  • Turkish: ormancılık — tree farming
  • Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво (lisivnýctvo) — tree farming
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