Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A motorized rotary cultivator.

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  • noun US a motorized cultivator having rotating blades

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[rot(ary) + tiller.]

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Examples

  • A rotary tiller, also known as a rototiller, rotavator, rotary hoe, power tiller, or rotary plough (in US: plow), is a motorised cultivator that works the soil by means of rotating tines or blades.

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  • I open another beer and clean the blades of the rototiller, careful to collect the soil as it falls from the steel blades as I wipe them down.

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  • I open another beer and clean the blades of the rototiller, careful to collect the soil as it falls from the steel blades as I wipe them down.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • A few evenings later my dad shows up with his rototiller.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • As the rototiller churns over the topsoil, its obvious fecundity is exhilarating.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • A few evenings later my dad shows up with his rototiller.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • (Soundbite of a rototiller) SULLIVAN: In Special Region Number 4, the other major industry besides entertainment is farming.

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  • As the rototiller churns over the topsoil, its obvious fecundity is exhilarating.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • And it's made easier for this farmer with the addition of a brand-new rototiller.

    Mekong Flows Along Troubled Myanmar's East 2010

  • A few evenings later my dad shows up with his rototiller.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

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