Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cultivation of land; tillage.
- noun Tilled earth.
- noun The fitness of soil for cultivation, as measured by its structure and composition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of tilling; plowing, sowing, and the round of agricultural operations; tillage; cultivation.
- noun The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop: as, land is in good tilth when it is manured, plowed, broken, and mellowed for receiving the seed.
- noun That which is tilled; tillage-ground.
- noun Crop; produce.
- noun The degree or depth of soil turned by the plow or spade in cultivation; that available soil on the earth's surface into which the roots of crops strike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
- noun rare That which is tilled; tillage ground.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
- noun Rich cultivated soil.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After the beginning of March, you shall beginne to sow your Barley vpon that ground which the yéere before did lye fallow, and is commonly called your tilth, or fallow field: and if any part of it consist of stiffe and tough ground, then you shall, vpon such ground, sow your
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Rake it all over to a good 'tilth' (gardening-speak for well-mixed, crumbly soil that allows room for plants to expand and grow and get the air they need) and you're ready to go.
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One horticultural dictionary defines "tilth" as the fine crumbly surface layer of soil produced by tilling.
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Heavier soils can be dug when it's dry so frost action will help break clods to a tilth.
The to-do list: October Dan Pearson 2010
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Your homemade compost will promote soil structure, help to maintain soil moisture, moderate soil temperature, improve soil tilth, balance your soil's pH level so that nutrients are released slowly to plants and provide a food source for soil organisms.
Annie Spiegelman: What's Dirt Got to Do With It? Interview With a Soil Scientist! 2010
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Bermed beds with incredible soil tilth and free labor in the way of unpaid students to plant and weed make the plantings here lush and healthy.
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“Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as ye will” (2:223)
To Speak Softly or Roar Loudly? That is the question. « Gender Across Borders 2010
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Six and a half thousand years ago, as the sea receded, the marsh silted up with a rich tilth and became, in slow succession, a freshwater reed swamp, then a wet fen woodland, and then a raised bog.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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Earth had gathered in the cavity of its head and, as I eased it out, a fine tilth of dried soil emptied onto my palm, like sand running through an egg timer.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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These are the fair virgin streams of Nile, the river that waters Egypt's tilth, fed by pure melting snow instead of rain from heaven.
Helen 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word tilth
A good tilth is always so very pleasing.
January 2, 2009
nathanscripps commented on the word tilth
This is the first time I've seen culture as a synonym and find it so very apropos.
December 8, 2020