rototiller
1
6.9
- noun
- /ˈroʊtəˌtɪlər/
- Specialized
:
cultivador
- Stuff like small tractors, rototillers, riding lawnmowers, etc. are essential unless you have a group of folks that can manually do all these things.
Do you have horse drawn rototillers or a tractor?
- Do you have horse drawn rototillers or a tractor?
Examples
-
She had no plow or rototiller.
Fiction book (1996) -
Plants as Rototillers
Academic text (1997) -
A rototiller is parked to the side.
Academic text (2004) -
It looks like a rototiller.
-
A man in a white jersey had started up a rototiller at the edge of the Walkers' lot.
Fiction book (1997) -
"I guess we better put her deeper than the rototiller can get," Andre said.
Fiction book (2002) -
Do you have horse drawn rototillers or a tractor?
-
With the exception of the loss of large animals and the addition of small, motorized equipment (rototillers, diesel pumps, trucks), today's bostans look much like they did in the past.
Academic text (2004) -
Using a rototiller made it much easier to loosen the hard soil in my garden.
-
He decided to rent a rototiller to prepare the field for planting vegetables.
Synonyms
3
5.6
A machine that breaks and turns soil to prepare for planting
1
5.0
A farming tool that breaks up soil and helps control weeds
A machine with rotating spikes that breaks and smooths soil before planting
A tool or machine that digs and turns soil for gardening
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rototiller comes from roto- meaning 'to turn' and tiller from 'till' meaning 'to work the soil'. So, a rototiller is a machine that literally 'turns' and loosens the ground to get it ready for planting.