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nounland under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion. Origin of farmlandFirst recorded in 1630–40; farm + land Words nearby farmlandfarm hand, farmhouse, farming, Farmington, Farmington Hills, farmland, farmout, farm-sitter, farmstead, farm system, farm team Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for farmlandNo lasting jobs, no cheaper gas, and a chance to kill off one-fourth of U.S. farmland and maybe the planet. The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL|Jack Holmes|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1934 crops had failed on more than six million acres of Texas farmland. ‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas|Nick Kotz|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST These counties have inner-ring and outer-ring suburbs, still further out exurbs, and even a few patches of farmland. Ferguson and the Urban-Suburban Race Conflict|Michael Tomasky|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST It thus falls to IS to provide drinking water and irrigation to massive areas of farmland. The ISIS Caliphate’s Frightening First Month|Charlie Winter|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One needs to have cash on hand to buy a Manhattan office building, Brazilian bonds, or even Iowa farmland —and lots of it. Stock Market America and the Rest of Us|Lloyd Green|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Of the total land surface of the state 82% was in 1900 included in farms and 68% of the farmland was improved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7|Various Such a machine would clear tens of acres in a day and night, turning jungle into farmland ready for terrestrial crops. The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster I suppose the estate was poor "farmland" already when the first crops were being raised in New England. The Iron Ration|George Abel Schreiner I have traveled through miles of this farmland in France, and its beauty was a splendid poem of what God had helped man to do. Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian We export over 20 percent of our industrial production, and 40 percent of our farmland produces for export. Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
British Dictionary definitions for farmland
nounland used or suitable for farming Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to farmlandestate, soil, terrain, home, earth, continent, ground, plot, district, area, field, homeland, territory, beach, province, parcel, countryside, acreage, tract, nation |