cutover
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of cutover
1895–1900, adj., noun use of verb phrase cut over
Example Sentences
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Prairies, chaparral, and cutover forestland were jammed full of these aliens.
From Slate • May 25, 2020
For about a month, I've been contemplating a hard cutover to Lyft; leaving Uber as my backup service.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2017
Nowadays the Forest Service runs a thriving business, selling prime wood to private lumbermen, reforesting cutover or burnt-out areas, farming the nation's trees on a longterm, big-business basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out behind the logging camp is a huge cutover where they’ve taken off the trees.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
This species is abundant on the Mexican plateau, where it inhabits the more grassy areas in the mesquite grassland and cutover land in the pine forests from 1550 to 2500 meters.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
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