arboristnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɑː.bə.rɪst//ˈɑːr.bɚ.ɪst/a person whose job is to take care of trees and make sure that they are healthy and safe, for example by cutting off branches that are damaged:
He sought advice from an arborist who said the roots must be in poor condition.
Synonym
tree surgeon
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forestry
- afforestation
- brushwood
- copse
- cut sth down
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logger
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree surgeon
- tree-lined
- wooded
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