tillage

/ˈtɪlɪdʒ/

Other forms: tillages

Definitions of tillage

1. noun

   the cultivation of soil for raising crops
   type of:

   culture

   the raising of plants or animals
2. noun

   arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
   synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tilled land, tilth

   types:

   fallow

   cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

   type of:

   ground, land, soil

   material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)