cultivator
pronunciation
How to pronounce cultivator in British English:
UK [ˈkʌltɪveɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce cultivator in American English:
US [ˈkʌltəˌvetɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
Word Origin
- cultivator (n.)
- 1660s, noun of action (in Latin form) from cultivate. As the name of an agricultural tool, from 1759.
Example
- 1. Design of connect aegis set for tractor and rotary cultivator .
- 2. Case tractor cultivator 1966 dealer sales brochure .
- 3. Case 4600 vibra shank field cultivator manual .
- 4. Equipment for working the soil -- rotary cultivator blades -- fixing dimensions .
- 5. The cultivator worked fourteen hours a day , laying by the corn .