arable — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of land, able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).

   Antonyms

   inarable

   Examples

   And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […]

2. Of land, under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).

Noun

1. Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow).

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   Arrangements for the drainage of this piece of arable were commenced last summer

Adjective

1. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively

   Synonyms

   cultivablecultivatabletillable