arable

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ar·a·ble /ˈærəbəl/ adjective  TACrelating to growing crops 耕作的；种植的 arable farming 耕作农业 arable land (=land that is suitable for growing crops) 可耕地

Examples from the Corpus

arable• Altogether cereals account for 54 percent. of the total arable area.• Each family is provided with 3.5 ha of land of which 1 ha is used for rain-fed arable crops.• Accountants Touche Ross estimated that the increase in the price of diesel would add about £1 an acre to arable farming costs.• The potential economic damage is not restricted to arable farming.• Moreover, the arable land is more suited to collective as opposed to subsistence farming.• Enclosure Only half the arable land was still open fields in 1700.• Part of the arable soil still lies fallow.• In consequence, enclosure of arable was now creating more social problems than it could solve.Origin arable (1400-1500) Latin arabilis, from arare “to plow”

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arable
ar‧a‧ble /ˈærəbəl/ adjectiverelating to growing crops:
    arable farming
    arable land (=land that is suitable for growing crops)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ farm an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals: a 300-hectare farm | a dairy farm | a sheep farm
   ▪ ranch a very large farm in the western US, Canada, or South America where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred: a cattle ranch in Wyoming
   ▪ smallholding British English a piece of land used for farming, that is smaller than an ordinary farm: a smallholding used for organic farming
   ▪ plantation a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown: a rubber plantation | a tea plantation
   ▪ homestead a piece of land for farming that was given to people in the past by the US and Canadian governments: He still farms on the family homestead, a hundred years after his grandfather received it.
   ▪ spread American English informal an area of land used for farming or ranching: They have a pretty big spread just south of the Canadian border.
   ▪ market garden an area of land, often with greenhouses on it, used for growing vegetables and fruit: He runs his own market garden, and sells his produce to the big supermarkets.
   ▪ orchard an area of land with trees, used for growing fruit: an apple orchard | cherry orchards
   ▪ allotment British English a small area of land of land, especially in a town or city, which you can use for growing your own vegetables.The land is usually owned by the local council, who charge a very low rent: We grew the tomatoes on our allotment.
   ▪ agriculture the practice of farming: More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
   ▪ arable adjective relating to growing crops: a lack of arable land

ar·ableBrE /ˈærəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈærəbl/ 🔊 adjectiveconnected with growing crops such as wheat 耕作的；可耕的◆arable farming/farms/crops 耕作农业／农场／庄稼◆arable land/fields (= used or suitable for growing crops) 可耕地；可耕田

arable, barn, crop, cultivate, dairy, fallow, farm, graze, livestock, tractor