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cutover

7.5

Land where people have removed the trees by logging

adjective
/ˈkʌtoʊvər/

Specialized

: despejado

The company plans to replant the cutover land with native species next spring.

Examples

Wildlife populations declined after the forest became cutover and lost much of its habitat.
Researchers studied how quickly vegetation returned to the cutover area after logging.
This land is cutover.
Look at the cutover land!
The company plans to replant the cutover land with native species next spring.
Wildlife populations declined after the forest became cutover and lost much of its habitat.
Researchers studied how quickly vegetation returned to the cutover area after logging.

Synonyms

clear-cut

vscutover

Specialized

1 5.6

Land where people cut down all the trees at once, leaving it bare

is cleared by logging but not necessarily removed all at once

Surface Forms

cutover positive

Morphology

cutover = cut + over (transparent) = cut + over

The adjective derives from the phrasal verb 'cut over' meaning an area that has been cut (trees removed); the components make the meaning clear.

Etymology

The word cutover comes from the simple phrase cut over, where cut means 'to remove by cutting' and over means 'all across' or 'finished', and it was used for land where the trees were cut down. So to call land cutover is to say it has been cleared of trees.