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tillable

tillable

1 5.8
Land that can be plowed and used to grow crops
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪləbəl/
translation icon : cultivable
  • The farmer prepared his field because it was tillable and ready for planting crops.
  • tillable land

Examples

  • We are looking for 300 plus acres with a good part tillable and of reasonable soil quality, preferably within horse and buggy driving distance from here, and all of that at an affordable price where we can hope to continue sustaining our families in an agricultural-based lifestyle.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Should I use several tillable textures and then do some vertex painting, or

    Blog text (3)
  • Its habitat is on tillable acres in open fields.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Whitetail Canyon, with 12 percent of the housing, was the second largest zone where tillable land was available.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The area of tillable lands in our province is small, and large-scale agricultural businesses are impossible.

    Academic text (2000)
  • For example, coal plants have an impact on human health and climate change, both with real costs, and hydroelectric plants have an impact on diversity and tillable land behind and downstream from the dam.

    Blog text (25)
  • The existence of a virgin patch of prairie in this region is remarkable, considering that all other tillable tracts have at least been tried for agriculture.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Two outdoor privies, one for the boys and the other for the girls, are located near the fence that separates the school grounds from the pasture or tillable farmland.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Ever since my partner, David, and I had purchased these 280 acres, half tillable and half wooded, we’d taken pains to call ourselves stewards, not owners.

    Academic text (2010)
  • We are fortunate to have several tillable acres that can produce fruits and vegetables.

Synonyms

arable
vstillable
5 5.5

Land that can be used to grow crops

requires land that can be worked and prepared for crops
farmable
vstillable
1 3.0

Land that can be used to grow crops

is about land ready to be worked and sown for crops
plowable
vstillable
  • US
1 3.9

Land or soil a farmer can turn over with a tool before planting

also needs to be suited for growing crops after being worked
cultivable
vstillable
5.8

Land that is good for farming

is specifically for land that must be worked and used for crops
cultivatable
vstillable
4.4

Land that can be farmed to grow crops

is for land needing to be worked and fit for growing crops
plantable
vstillable
3.1

Able to be put in soil so it can grow

focuses on soil and placement rather than requiring being worked for crops

How Plowable

arable
5 5.5
tillable
1 5.8
plowable
  • US
1 3.9
stony
7 2.7

Surface Forms

tillable positive

Morphology

tillable = till (transparent) = till + able

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'till' with the productive adjectival suffix '-able' meaning 'suitable for being tilled'.

Etymology

The word tillable comes from the old verb till, which means 'to prepare or cultivate land', and the ending -able, meaning 'able to be'. So tillable describes land that can be ploughed and used to grow crops.