Definition

1. 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

1. the cultivation of soil for raising crops
2. arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops