tillable

[ til-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈtɪl ə bəl /

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adjective

able to be tilled; arable.

Origin of tillable

First recorded in 1565–75; till² + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM tillable

non·till·a·ble, adjectiveun·till·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby tillable

tiler, tilery, tiliaceous, tiling, till, tillable, tillage, till all hours, Tillamook Bay, tillandsia, tiller

Example sentences from the Web for tillable

What did it cost "to subdue" the present tillable lands of this country?
Principles of Political Economy|Arthur Latham Perry
Westward the same conditions are manifest, and the limited area of tillable land shows a yearly increasing number of fruit trees.
Seventy Years on the Frontier|Alexander Majors
If they were on tillable land I could make them self-supporting in two years, but this land is arid as a desert.
The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland
The people of Delaware have, indeed, very little land that is not tillable.
The Quaker Colonies|Sydney G. Fisher

The houses are tidied and neat; the soil, every tillable inch of it, is in a state of intensive and painstaking cultivation.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb