plowland
Definition
Noun: * Plowland (also spelt ploughland): Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops; cultivated land.
Usage
"Plowland" is a specific term for farmland that is actively tilled and used for growing crops. It is a somewhat formal or technical word, often used in agricultural, historical, or geographical contexts to distinguish cultivated fields from pasture, forest, or fallow land.
Examples
- The valley was a patchwork of green plowland and golden wheat fields.
- Historical records show that the manor contained 200 acres of plowland.
- Converting forest into plowland can have significant environmental impacts.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used in legal or historical documents to describe a unit of taxable land area, especially in medieval contexts.
- It often implies land that is regularly turned over with a plow, as opposed to land used for orchards or vineyards which may not be plowed annually.
Variants and Related Words
- Ploughland: The British English spelling of "plowland".
- Tillage: The preparation of land for growing crops, often synonymous with plowland in context.
- Cropland: A more modern and common synonym for land used to grow crops.
- Arable land: Land suitable for growing crops; a broader category that includes plowland.
Synonyms
- Cultivated land
- Cropland
- Farmland (in the context of crop production)
- Tilth
- Arable land
Antonyms
- Pastureland
- Wilderness
- Fallow land
- Forest
- Wasteland
Noun
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arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
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