clearcutting

English

Etymology

From clear +‎ cutting.

Noun

clearcutting (countable and uncountable, plural clearcuttings)

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

   Synonym: clearfelling

Translations

forestry practice

• Czech: holoseč f
• Danish: renafdrift
• Estonian: lageraie
• Finnish: avohakkuu (fi)
• French: coupe à blanc (fr) f, coupe rase (fr) f, coupe blanche f
• German: Kahlschlag (de) m, Kahlhieb (de) m
• Hungarian: tarvágás (hu)
• Latvian: kailciršana
• Lithuanian: plynasis kirtimas
• Polish: zrąb (pl) m
• Russian: сплошная вырубка f (splošnaja vyrubka)
• Swedish: kalhuggning c, kalavverkning c

See also

• clearcutting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia