carbon sinknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɑː.bən ˌsɪŋk/us/ˈkɑːr.bən ˌsɪŋk/specializedan area of forest that is large enough to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere and therefore to reduce the effect of global warming
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Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- brushwood
- cut sth down
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- forester
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logger
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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