cutover

Examples

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• The turn of the century and the decades following brought devastating forest fires to the region as a consequence of logging, namely, downed timber and cutover land on and off the reservation.

  Academic text (2009)

• In the cutover, new plants began to emerge, signaling the return of life to the cleared land.

• The wildlife thrived in the cutover, where sunlight reached the soil for the first time in years.

• After the forest was logged, the cutover became a vital area for new growth and animal habitat.

Synonyms

C

clearing

vscutover

2 2.8

An open area in a forest with few trees

is specifically land cleared after timber harvesting, not any natural open space

C

clearcut

vscutover

1 6.0

An area of forest where all the trees have been cut down

is a cleared area made after logging, not necessarily felled all at once

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Etymology