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adj
Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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adj
Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: NGO jargon
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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name
A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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adjective satellite
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cultivable, cultivatable, tillable
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History
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
Across languages
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