tillage
/'tilidʤ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The cultivation of soil for raising crops: The act, process, or art of preparing land and working the soil to grow plants, especially for food. This includes plowing, sowing, and other agricultural practices.
- Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops: The specific area of land that is under cultivation or being farmed.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- Modern tillage often uses machinery to prepare the fields.
- The farmer studied different methods of tillage to improve soil health.
- The fertile valley was covered in rich tillage.
Advanced Usage
- "Under tillage": Describing land that is currently being cultivated.
- Most of the land in this region is under tillage.
- "Conservation tillage”: A modern agricultural practice that minimizes soil disturbance to reduce erosion and improve water retention.
- Farmers are adopting conservation tillage to protect their land.
Variants and Related Words
- Till (verb): To prepare and cultivate land for crops.
- He tills the soil every spring.
- Tiller (noun): A person who tills the soil; also, a lever used to turn a boat's rudder.
- The tiller guided the plow through the field.
Synonyms
- Cultivation: The action of cultivating land.
- Agriculture: The science or practice of farming.
- Farming: The activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock.
- Plowing (specific to one action within tillage): Turning over the earth with a plow.
Related Phrases
- "Tillage system”: A specific method or set of practices for cultivating land.
- The no-till system is a popular tillage system among sustainable farmers.
- "Tillage equipment”: The machinery used for cultivating soil.
- The barn stores all the heavy tillage equipment.
Noun
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops