slash-and-burn

[ slash-uh n-burn ]
/ ˈslæʃ ənˈbɜrn /

adjective

of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.

Origin of slash-and-burn

First recorded in 1935–40

British Dictionary definitions for slash-and-burn

slash-and-burn

adjective

denoting a short-term method of cultivation in which land is cleared by destroying and burning trees and other vegetation for temporary agricultural use