clearcutting

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noun

A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

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clearfelling
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Meanings

nounclearcutting (countable and uncountable, plural clearcuttings)

plural clearcuttings

  1. countableuncountableA forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

    Synonyms: clearfelling

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

Similar
clearfelling
Also see
clearfelling

Origin

From clear + cutting.

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Translations

Czech holoseč
  • holosečforestry practice
Danish renafdrift
  • renafdriftforestry practice
Estonian lageraie
  • lageraieforestry practice
Finnish avohakkuu
  • avohakkuuforestry practice
French coupe à blanc, coupe rase
  • coupe à blancforestry practice
  • coupe raseforestry practice
  • coupe blancheforestry practice
German Kahlschlag, Kahlhieb
  • Kahlschlagforestry practice
  • Kahlhiebforestry practice
Hungarian tarvágás
  • tarvágásforestry practice
Latvian kailciršana
  • kailciršanaforestry practice
Lithuanian plynasis kirtimas
  • plynasis kirtimasforestry practice
Polish zrąb
  • zrąbforestry practice
Russian сплошная вырубка
  • сплошная вырубка (splošnaja vyrubka)forestry practice
Swedish kalhuggning, kalavverkning
  • kalhuggningforestry practice
  • kalavverkningforestry practice
Cite this entry
APA

clearcutting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearcutting

MLA

“clearcutting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearcutting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clearcutting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clearcutting.

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