Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Conservation, especially of natural resources.
- noun An organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats in the United States.
- noun Chiefly British A commission supervising fisheries and navigation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of preserving; conservation; preservation: as, the conservancy of forests.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
conservation of aresource - noun An
organization dedicated to the conservation ofnatural resources - noun UK A
commission that deals withfishery andnavigation - noun US, law A state in which a company is allowed to continue
trading without incurring any newfinancial liabilities or disposing of anyassets
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
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Examples
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The conservancy is a nonprofit based in Cold Spring, N.Y., and the tours, which drew more than 75,000 people last year, are its largest fund-raiser.
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The conservancy is a nonprofit based in Cold Spring, N.Y., and the tours, which drew more than 75,000 people last year, are its largest fund-raiser.
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Water shortages may also occur in the Tapakuma conservancy, which is partly supplied by pumping from the Pomeroon river.
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The conservancy is a little bit smaller than Rhode Island; about 3,200 people live within its boundaries.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The conservancy is a nonprofit group that helps maintain the park.
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The conservancy is a volunteer organization dedicated to the creation of the Willow Waterhole Greenway Project, which is part of the flood control district's Project Brays.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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Chuck Skypeck, co-owner of Ghost River, said teaming with the conservancy is a no-brainer because beer is 90 percent water, and the brewery's ability to craft good beer relies directly on Wolf River water the conservancy is helping sustain.
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The conservancy is a land trust that seeks permanent protection of forest, agricultural, riparian and scenic lands in the Rogue Basin and surrounding areas.
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The area we were in was a "conservancy", around 150 square kilometres of bushland managed by the locals.
unknown title 2009
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A percentage of sales will support the nature conservancy.
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