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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•a•ble /ˈærəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Agriculturecapable of or suitable for producing crops: arable acreage; Can the desert be made arable?
ar•a•bil•i•ty /ˌærəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•a•ble (ar′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Agriculturecapable of producing crops;
suitable for farming;
suited to the plow and for tillage:arable land; arable soil.
n. - Agricultureland that can be or is cultivated.
- Latin arābilis, equivalent. to arā(re) to plow + -bilis -ble; replacing late Middle English erable, equivalent. to er(en) to plow (Old English erian) + -able -able
- 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: arable /ˈærəbəl/ adj - (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops
- of, relating to, or using such land
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin arābilis that can be ploughed, from arāre to plough |