tilth — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Agricultural labour; husbandry.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.

3. Cultivated land

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.

4. Rich cultivated soil.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.

Noun

1. the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth

   Broader terms

   conditionstatus

2. arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops

   Synonyms

   cultivated landfarmlandplowlandploughlandtilled landtillage

   Broader terms

   landgroundsoil