tillable
Example Sentences
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He and his wife came to Argyle in 1983, when they bought the 140 acres, 40 of them tillable, that made up Slack Hollow Farm.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
And he saw development gobbling up tillable acres.
From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2018
Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2016
Renting out the tillable land, an owner could clear about $3,300 after taxes; raising pastured beef, they could get nearly $10,000, although there’s more work involved.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2015
Upon the maintenance, unimpaired in quantity and quality, of the tillable area of the country its whole future is conditioned.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
