forestry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: for=est=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

forestry, n. [Cf. OF. foresterie.].

 The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

forestry, n.
1 the science or management of forests.
2 wooded country; forests.

THESAURUS

forestry

Christmas tree farming, afforestation, arboretum, arboriculture, boondocks, bush, bushveld, chase, climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, forest, forest land, forest management, forest preserve, forestation, fringing forest, gallery forest, greenwood, hanger, index forest, jungle, jungles, logging, lumbering, national forest, palmetto barrens, park, park forest, pine barrens, primeval forest, protection forest, rain forest, reforestation, scrub, scrubland, selection forest, shrubland, silviculture, sprout forest, stand of timber, state forest, timber, timberland, tree farming, tree veld, virgin forest, wildwood, wood, woodcraft, woodland, woods