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slash-and-burn

slash-and-burn
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slash and burn]
    • /slæʃ ænd bɜrn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slash and burn]
    • /slæʃ ænd bɜrn/

Definition of slash-and-burn word

  • adjective slash-and-burn of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade. 1
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Origin of slash-and-burn

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Slash-and-burn

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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slash-and-burn popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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