tillage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
  2. noun the cultivation of soil for raising crops

Etymology

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tilth

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