re-afforest

1. 1.

   reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.

   “re-afforest the area that was burned during the fighting”

   Broaderafforest

Questions about re-afforest

What does re-afforest mean?

re-afforest means "reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.".

How many syllables are in re-afforest?

re-afforest has 4 syllables: re--af-fo-rest. The stress falls on "af".

Is re-afforest a common word?

re-afforest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.