forestry
[fawr-uh-stree, for-]
noun
Origin of forestry
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Related Words for forestry
afforestation, arboriculture, silviculture, dendrology, forestation, sylvicultureExamples from the Web for forestry
Contemporary Examples of forestry
The Secretary of Forestry and Game Preservation had a much easier time, thanks to the new system of National Mounted Police.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the ShowRobert W. Chambers
February 20, 2014
Historical Examples of forestry
Didn't you tell me that you'd once had something to do with forestry in Russia?
The Vagrant DukeGeorge Gibbs
There would be no forestry legislation that Winter––so the newspapers said.
Hidden WaterDane Coolidge
Now forestry is practised by every nation except Turkey and China.
Checking the WasteMary Huston Gregory
The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use.
Theodore Roosevelt and His TimesHarold Howland
I had food walks, and learnt something of forestry there—a taking study.
The Amazing Marriage, CompleteGeorge Meredith
forestry
noun
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forestry
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