what does afforestation mean?

AFFORESTATION as NOUN

Meaning
- the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
Hypernyms(s) afforestation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- conversion (what does conversion mean?)
Derived(s)
- afforest (what does afforest mean?)
- forest (what does forest mean?)