Arable Definition

ărə-bəl
adjective
Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.
American Heritage
Suitable for plowing, hence for producing crops.
Webster's New World

(agriculture, of land) Suitable for cultivation, such as by ploughing.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
Land fit to be cultivated.
American Heritage
Arable land.
Webster's New World

Origin of Arable

  • Old French arable, from the Latin adjective arabilis, from arō (“I plow”). Confer the English verb ear (“to plow”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin arābilis from arāre to plow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arable Sentence Examples

  • It is partially arable, and supports a small population.

  • Only 4% of all arable land in the country is unproductive (in Great Britain 15%).

  • A feature of the new city is the unusually large proportion of woods and arable land within its bounds.

  • Arable land and gardens occupy 55.6% of the area, meadows and pastures 12.9%, forests 21.7%, and the rest is mostly waste.

  • The "sulky" or riding plough is little known in the United Kingdom, but on the larger arable tracts of other countries where quick work is essential and the character of the surface permits, it is in general use.

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Words Starting With

AARARA

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ELEBLE

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