regrowth

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of regrowth

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)That which has been regrown after removal.
    “After the forest fire, much of the regrowth consisted of invasive non-native plant species.”
    “Shami says older adults don’t get looksmaxxing. There has been much hand-wringing in the media over “bone smashing”, for example, an extreme technique that involves taking a hammer to your face to promote more “manly” regrowth when the bones repair, but little evidence that anyone is actually doing it.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)That which has been regrown after removal.
    “After the forest fire, much of the regrowth consisted of invasive non-native plant species.”
    “Shami says older adults don’t get looksmaxxing. There has been much hand-wringing in the media over “bone smashing”, for example, an extreme technique that involves taking a hammer to your face to promote more “manly” regrowth when the bones repair, but little evidence that anyone is actually doing it.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)The process of regrowing.
    “The eventual regrowth of the forest to its primeval state will take centuries, if not millennia.”

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Etymology

From re- + growth.

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