Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.
- noun Land fit to be cultivated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fit for plowing or tillage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.
- noun Arable land; plow land.
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- adjective agriculture, of land suitable for
cultivation , such as byploughing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Because these cities exist in arable and agriculturally poor conditions, experts conclude that they primarily relied on the salt industry for economic and agrarian support acquired through exchange.
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Because these cities exist in arable and agriculturally poor conditions, experts conclude that they primarily relied on the salt industry for economic and agrarian support acquired through exchange.
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My background is in arable farming so I haven't needed to be an expert on sugarbeet beyond knowing that we're being threatened by cheap Brazilian sugarbeet and that the government is threatening the industry's future by opting for huge price cuts in the price of sugarbeet when the EU changes the system in 2006.
Archive 2004-03-01 2004
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I suspect future price growth won't be quite as fast as some are predicting, although over the long term arable is going to continue to attract investors.
The Guardian World News Patrick Collinson 2011
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41The other way to gain arable land was reclamation.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Of the 57.5 million square miles of land on the planet, only 7.65 are arable, that is, suitable for farming.
Follow up on the Israeli low-carb study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Thus, often so-called arable lands will have to be planted again with other crops.
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His three acres lay tilted skyward at the point where the rocks of the Honan mountains met what might charitably be called the arable fields.
Hawaii Michener, James 1959
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Suriname arable land: 0. 37\% permanent crops: 0. 06\% other: 99. 57\% (2001)
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Suriname arable land: 0. 37\% permanent crops: 0. 06\% other: 99. 57\% (2001)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Kristianto2010 commented on the word arable
On a low investment level, mushroom houses are just built on arable land. On a higher investment level, cemented floors are used.
January 25, 2011