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CONSERVANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conservancy" is a kind of...):
conservation (the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("conservancy" is a kind of...):
commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
