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farmland

farmland

50 1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
  • noun
  • /ˈfɑːrmlænd/
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  • We have one thousand acres of the lushest farmland you've ever seen.
  • acres of farmland
  • farmland preservation
  • converted to farmland

I would say mostly the farmland that's being purchased in middle America.

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Examples

  • In back of her, the woods fall off to the creek, and then farmland is behind.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Many families depend on farmland for their livelihoods by growing vegetables and raising livestock.

  • Some might have farmland on a really good location.

  • So think farmland in Scotland, basically the forest coming back.

  • Look at all this farmland, all these animals you can take care of.

  • Surrounded by farmland as far as the eye can see.

  • Local county governments also often initiated open space or farmland preservation policies.

    Academic text (2012)
  • It is actually so amazing how much just open, flat farmland there is in Kansas.

  • We were speeding down an empty two-lane road through the farmland south of Stone City.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I mean, this country was blessed by abundant natural resources, farmland of exceptional fertility.

Synonyms

farm
vsfarmland
1.0

A place with fields and buildings for growing crops or keeping animals

is general land used for growing crops or raising animals not a single managed property
acreage
vsfarmland
20 4.0

A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building

focuses on land size measurement rather than use for growing crops or animals
spread
vsfarmland
  • US
12 5.2

A large area of land used for farming or raising animals

is land used for growing crops or raising animals not necessarily very large
cropland
vsfarmland
4 3.0

Land that is used to grow crops like grains or vegetables

includes land used for raising animals as well as crops
farming area
vsfarmland
1 2.3

A rural area where people grow crops or keep animals for food

is focused on land used for growing crops or raising animals rather than the region
cultivated land
vsfarmland
1 2.9

Land prepared and used for growing crops like wheat or corn

includes land used for raising animals not only prepared crop areas
tilled land
vsfarmland
3.7

Land that farmers plow and use to grow crops

includes land used for raising animals not only plowed fields
plowland
vsfarmland
  • US
5.6

Land prepared by farmers for growing crops

includes land used for raising animals or uncultivated pastures

Antonyms

41 2.7

A place with many people and buildings like a city

How Farmed

cropland
4 3.0
farmland
50 1.7
grazing land
3 2.5

Surface Forms

farmland singular
farmlands plural

Morphology

farmland = farm + land (transparent) = farm + land

The compound directly denotes 'land used for farming' and the meaning is clearly inferable from 'farm' + 'land'.

Etymology

Farmland is made of two simple words, farm and land. A farm is a place to 'grow crops' or keep animals, and land is the 'ground', so farmland means land used for farming.