re-afforestation

1. 1.

   the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting

   Synonymsreforestation

   Broaderreclamation

Questions about re-afforestation

What does re-afforestation mean?

re-afforestation means "the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting".

How many syllables are in re-afforestation?

re-afforestation has 7 syllables and divides as re--af-fo-re-sta-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for re-afforestation?

Close synonyms include reforestation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.