felling
Bringing trees down
Felling is the act of cutting down trees, or more broadly, knocking something or someone to the ground.
A logger's work is felling timber.
A boxer felling an opponent sends him to the canvas.
The word carries a sense of deliberate force bringing down something that stood upright: The felling of the old oak took most of the morning.
Bladed tool for chopping
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- woodcutterOne who fells trees
- loggerOne who fells trees
sawdust · stump · crosscut · hew · chop · cleave · notch · undercut
Wood for construction
- planksFlat construction lumber pieces
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
- softwoodConiferous tree lumber
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
oak · cedar · beams · joists · logs · sawyer · woodgrain · veneer
Forest cultivation practice
- thinningReducing density or number
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- harvestGathering mature crops
- timberlandForested land for lumber
woodlot · stand · forester · reforestation · rotation · coupe · skidder · yarder
Sudden structural failure
plunge · impact · groundward · thunderous · crashing · splintering · uprooting · windfall
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- overharvestingUnsustainable resource extraction
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- woodcutterOne who fells trees
logger · sawdust · stump · crosscut · hew · chop · cleave · notch · undercut · wedge
timber
Wood for construction
pine · oak · cedar · beams · joists · logs · sawyer · woodgrain · veneer · pulpwood
silviculture
Forest cultivation practice
- thinningReducing density or number
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- harvestGathering mature crops
timberland · woodlot · stand · forester · reforestation · rotation · coupe · skidder · yarder · girdling
collapse
Sudden structural failure
drop · plunge · impact · groundward · thunderous · crashing · splintering · uprooting · windfall
rainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- overharvestingUnsustainable resource extraction
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- knocking downtoppling, demolishing, razing, bulldozing, tearing down
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- loggingloggers, lumberjacks, chainsaws, chainsaw, timber harvesting
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, skidder
- tree removalchainsaw, stump removal, wood chipper, tree surgeon, arborist
- logging townslogging camp, sawmill, lumber mill, loggers, logging roads
fellingplanting
Placing seeds in earth
tree planting · reforestation · afforestation · sowing · cultivating
fellingraising
Lifting or nurturing
erecting · standing up · lifting · uprighting · propping up
- tree fellingCutting down forests
- felling axeTool for cutting trees
fall, fell, fallen, falling, felled, feller, fellers, fells, faller