farmland
See also: farm land
English
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Farm land
Alternative forms
- farm land
Etymology
farm + land.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːmlænd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɹmlænd/
Noun
farmland (usually uncountable, plural farmlands)
- Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
- 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
- From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.
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Hypernyms
- land
Translations
land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
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References
- farmland in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911