land consolidation
nounUK /lænd kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃən/
US /lænd kənˌsɑːlɪˈdeɪʃən/
Land consolidation is when small pieces of land are put together to make one bigger piece.
The village used land consolidation to combine the tiny family plots into one large field.
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2. The process of bringing separate land holdings under one owner or management.
Land consolidation by the company created a single estate from many small farms.
3. A government program that rearranges fragmented farmland to improve farming efficiency.
The land consolidation program helped farmers save time by giving them one continuous field.
4. The merging of scattered plots into a more compact and usable shape.
After land consolidation, the farmer's fields were no longer split by roads and hedges.