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Arable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.

n. Land fit to be cultivated.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. suitable for cultivation, such as by ploughing

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

n. Arable land; plow land.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Fit for plowing or tillage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively

Word Usage

"Because these cities exist in arable and agriculturally poor conditions, experts conclude that they primarily relied on the salt industry for economic and agrarian support acquired through exchange."

Equivalent

productive

Cross Reference

arable land

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

plowable tillable infield earthland plowland

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

untilled well-watered alluvial well-cultivated fallow hilly low-lying till fertile boggy