Slash and burn — consists of cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for agriculture or pasture for livestock, or for a variety of other purposes. It is sometimes part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding … Wikipedia
slash-and-burn — adjective slash and burn farming involves cutting down and burning trees in order to plant crops: slash and burn agriculture … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
slash and burn — UK US adjective slash and burn farming involves cutting down and burning trees and old plants in order to plant new crops slash and burn agriculture Thesaurus: general words for farming, and types of farminghyponym … Useful english dictionary
slash-and-burn — [slash′ən bʉrn′] adj. 1. of or having to do with a type of primitive forest agriculture in which fields are cleared by cutting down and burning vegetation 2. extremely destructive in an indiscriminate way … English World dictionary
slash-and-burn — slash′ and burn′ adj. 1) agr. of or noting a method of agriculture in the tropics in which vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cultivated for a few years, then abandoned to the forest 2) cvb unnecessarily destructive or extreme •… … From formal English to slang
Slash-and-burn — This article is about slash and burn farming. For shifting cultivation, see shifting cultivation. For the Manic Street Preachers single, see Slash n Burn. Not to be confused with scorched earth. Slash and burn practices in Eno, Finland, 1893 … Wikipedia
slash and burn — 1. adjective Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill. His slash and burn approach to management resulted in few friends and many enemies. 2. noun A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then… … Wiktionary
slash and burn — also slash and burn N UNCOUNT: usu N n Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.… … English dictionary
slash-and-burn — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : characterized or developed by felling and girdling trees and then burning them to make land arable usually for temporary purposes the slash and burn method of agriculture II. adjective : ruthlessly destructive slash… … Useful english dictionary
slash-and-burn — adjective Date: 1939 1. characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture 2. extremely ruthless and unsparing < slash and burn tactics > < slash and burn criticism > … New Collegiate Dictionary
