clearcutting

noun

Etymology

From clear + cutting.

  1. derived from *kwetwą — “meat, flesh
  2. derived from *kutjaną
  3. derived from *kytja
  4. inherited from cutten
  5. suffixed as cutting — “cut + ing
  6. compounded as clearcutting — “clear + cutting

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

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