tillage

Noun

Meaning

The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

culture husbandry agriculture farming cultivation tilling mead meadow field land agronomy soil plot agricultural farm
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Antonyms

mountain destruction opulence desert extirpate unemployment
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Hypernyms

land culture ground soil

Hyponyms

fallow

Phrases with the word

no-tillage commercial tillage subsistence tillage conservation tillage tillage operator tillage worker

Anagrams

tigella gallite

Examples

Additionally, spring tillage operations are not effective for breaking soil compaction. Source: Internet

“Deep tillage will smear and compact the soil at lower depths with excessive moisture and may cause even more compaction damage.” Source: Internet

And yet in truth, natural magic is nothing more than the workmanship of nature, made manifest by art; for, in tillage, as nature produceth corn and herbs, so art, being nature's handmaid, prepareth and helpeth it forward.. Source: Internet

Crops can be grown for several years without any tillage through the use of herbicides to control weeds, crop varieties that tolerate packed soil, and equipment that can plant seeds or fumigate the soil without really digging it up. Source: Internet

Chemical (pesticides), biological ( biocontrol ), mechanical (tillage), and cultural practices are used. Source: Internet

Alternatives to tilling Modern agricultural science has greatly reduced the use of tillage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

till-tapper tillable tillable land tillage operator tillage radish tillage worker