arable
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, concentrated, last, solar
VERB + ARABLE
cleared, continues, lose, make, take
ARABLE + NOUN
cities
PREP.
from, in, off
Definitions
adj
Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
noun
Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow).
Arrangements for the drainage of this piece of arable were commenced last summer
name
A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- cultivable
- cultivatable
- tillable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]
WiktionaryArrangements for the drainage of this piece of arable were commenced last summer
WiktionaryArable land is land that can be used to grow crops.
Tatoeba · #2337368Algeria has thousands of hectares of arable land.
Tatoeba · #7857294Algeria's arable lands are concentrated in the north of the country.
Tatoeba · #8145326China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and urbanization.
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