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BNC: 22060 COCA: 26028

conservancy

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
conservancy /kənˈsɚvənsi/ noun
plural conservancies
conservancy
/kənˈsɚvənsi/
noun
plural conservancies
Learner's definition of CONSERVANCY
[count] : an organization that works to protect animals, plants, and natural resources especially by purchasing and caring for areas of land(尤指通过购买、管理土地来保护动植物、自然资源的)保护机构
usually used in the names of organizations通常用于机构名称
[count] British : a group of officials who control and protect a river or port(河流、港口等的)管理委员会
[noncount] : conservation
BNC: 22060 COCA: 26028

conservancy

noun

con·​ser·​van·​cy kən-ˈsər-vən(t)-sē How to pronounce conservancy (audio)
plural conservancies
1
British : a board regulating fisheries and navigation in a river or port
2
b
: an organization or area designated to conserve and protect natural resources

Example Sentences

The land was recently donated to a local conservancy. raising money for the conservancy of natural resources
Recent Examples on the Web However, while birding in a small conservancy in the Lower Mpushini area near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, my luck with them changed completely. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022 Polensek recruited the land conservancy to buy it before a private buyer swooped in. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 There are just two northern white rhinos left, a mother-daughter pair living in a conservancy in Kenya. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 The conservancy is also building bat houses and considering reintroducing threatened and rare native animal species, such as northern red-bellied turtles, said Diana Ruiz, the Native Land Conservancy’s director. Philip Marcelo, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 All told, Parry said, the conservancy district had received 1,044 applications as of early July to take part in Flip Your Strip, representing about 11 acres of lawn space that would be converted. The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2022 Of the two sightings in Nantucket, only the seal feast at Great Point was submitted to the conservancy’s app and verified as a great white. Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022 With help from the conservancy and her dealer, Marianne Boesky Gallery, the sculpture traveled to Williamstown, Mass., and on to Nashville for the next two years. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Watch the park’s website for up to date information on events and other things hosted by the conservancy. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of obsolete conservacy conservation, from Anglo-French conservacie, from Medieval Latin conservatia, from Latin conservare — see conserve entry 1

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of conservancy was in 1667
BNC: 22060 COCA: 26028

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