'afforestation' definitions:
Definition of 'afforestation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
Synonyms of 'afforestation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arboretum,
- arboriculture,
- boondocks,
- bush,
- bushveld,
- chase,
- Christmas tree farming,
- climax forest,
- cloud forest,
- dendrology,
- forest,
- forest land,
- forest management,
- forest preserve,
- forestation,
- forestry,
- fringing forest,
- gallery forest,
- greenwood,
- hanger,
- index forest,
- jungle,
- jungles,
- logging,
- lumbering,
- national forest,
- palmetto barrens,
- park,
- park forest,
- pine barrens,
- primeval forest,
- protection forest,
- rain forest,
- reforestation,
- scrub,
- scrubland,
- selection forest,
- shrubland,
- silviculture,
- sprout forest,
- stand of timber,
- state forest,
- timber,
- timberland,
- tree farming,
- tree veld,
- virgin forest,
- wildwood,
- wood,
- woodcraft,
- woodland,
- woods