afforest
/æˈfɒrɪst/verb
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वनारोपण करना, बंजर भूमि पर जंगल लगाना
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[T] ~ sth technical
to plant trees on land that did not have trees before, to make a forest
वनारोपण करना, बंजर भूमि पर जंगल लगाना
- The government plans to afforest the barren hills.
- Thousands of hectares have been afforested in the last decade.
Opposite deforest
◇Word family
afforestation noundeforest verb
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af·for·est
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Do not confuse afforestation (planting trees on new land) and reforestation (planting trees again where a forest was cut down).
afforestation (नई भूमि पर पेड़ लगाना) और reforestation (जहाँ जंगल कटा हो वहाँ दोबारा पेड़ लगाना) को आपस में न मिलाएँ।