lister cultivator
- noun
- Archaic
:
cultivador lister
- The farmer used a lister cultivator to prepare the soil for planting corn.
Examples
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After a heavy rain, a lister cultivator helps restore the ridges around the plants.
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Modern lister cultivators can be adjusted to suit different row widths.
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The farmer uses a lister cultivator for planting.
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Have you seen the new lister cultivators at the store?
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The farmer used a lister cultivator to create furrows that direct water to the roots of the crops.
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After tilling, the lister cultivator helped shape the soil into ridges, promoting better drainage.
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To enhance soil aeration, the gardener employed a lister cultivator during the spring planting season.
Synonyms
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5.0
A farming tool that breaks up soil and helps control weeds
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6.9
A machine with turning blades that breaks up and loosens garden soil
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9.9
A plow with two blades that moves soil to both sides of a central furrow
A plow that makes a central furrow and moves soil to both sides for planting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is compositional: 'lister' denotes a specific plow/furrow-making implement and 'cultivator' denotes a soil-working tool, so their combination straightforwardly denotes a cultivator of the lister type. Although agricultural and somewhat technical, the meaning follows standard noun–noun compounding and would be predictable to a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Lister cultivator is named for what it does in the field. A cultivator is a farm tool and a lister makes long ridges by throwing soil toward the plants' roots to form 'lists', an old word for ridges, so the name explains its job of building soil ridges for crops.