swidden
About 0.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
- verb To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.
Similar words
horticulturalists burn-clearing slash and burn slash pyroculture slashing tavy clearcut swath clearcutting
Often followed by
agriculture cultivation farming fields cultivators farmers and system cycle
Word family
swiddens
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