tillage
pronunciation
How to pronounce tillage in British English:
UK [ˈtɪlɪdʒ]
How to pronounce tillage in American English:
US [ˈtɪlɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
Word Origin
- tillage (n.)
- late 15c., from till (v.) + -age.
Example
- 1. That tillage would release carbon dioxide and methane .
- 2. Fractal behavior of tillage soil surface roughness .
- 3. Evaluation of soil quality under conservation tillage via factor and cluster analyses .
- 4. The roundup ready system has helped farmers grow more corn , soybeans , cotton and other crops while reducing detrimental soil tillage practices , killing weeds easily and cheaply .
- 5. Jimmy messick : " because the tractor that 's pulling the planter also has the same auto-guidance system in it as the tractor that applied the fertilizer and did this tillage , it will come back and put the seed right on top of these marks . "