debarking
Peeling tree logs
Debarking has two distinct meanings.
In forestry, it's removing bark from logs, either by machine or by hand.
In veterinary practice, it's a surgical procedure that reduces a dog's ability to bark by removing vocal cord tissue—a controversial practice banned in some places.
Context usually makes the meaning clear.
Log-to-board factory
Mooring structure at water's edge
- portDocking place for ships
- gangwayNarrow corridor for access
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
- landingDescent's final moment
unloading · customs · terminal · quay · stevedore · passengers · freight · cargo
Stopping noise or dissent
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- veterinaryRelating to animal healthcare
- surgicalRelating to operations
- controversialCausing public dispute
sawmill
Log-to-board factory
pulpwood · forestry · logging · mill · plywood · veneer · roundwood
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
landing · unloading · customs · terminal · quay · stevedore · passengers · freight · cargo · ship
silencing
Stopping noise or dissent
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- veterinaryRelating to animal healthcare
- surgicalRelating to operations
controversial · humane · inhumane · procedure · operation
- loggingloggers, lumberjacks, chainsaws, chainsaw, felling
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, felling
- logging townslogging camp, sawmill, lumber mill, loggers, logging roads
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber