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farmland

farmland

45 1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
  • noun
  • /ˈfɑːrmlænd/
: tierra agrícola
  • 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
18 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
13 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
2 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
1 3.7

Land that farmers plow and use to grow crops

includes land used for raising animals not only plowed fields
plowland
vsfarmland
  • US
1 5.6

Land prepared by farmers for growing crops

includes land used for raising animals or uncultivated pastures

Antonyms

52 2.7

A place with many people and buildings like a city

How Farmed

cropland
4 3.0
farmland
45 1.7
grazing land
4 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.