tilth
Collocations
4ADJ.
good, over, ready, rich, thick
VERB + TILTH
saw
TILTH + NOUN
men
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
Agricultural labour; husbandry.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
Cultivated land
Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.
Rich cultivated soil.
One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising
- farmland
- plowland
- ploughland
- tillage
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
WiktionaryEscaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.
WiktionaryOne morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.
Wiktionary