ploughland

ploughland
noun
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Syn: ↑cultivated land, ↑farmland, ↑plowland, ↑tilled land, ↑tillage, ↑tilth
Derivationally related forms: ↑till (for: ↑tillage)
Hypernyms: ↑land, ↑ground, ↑soil
Hyponyms: ↑fallow

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noun

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ploughˈland noun
1. Land suitable for tillage
2. As much land as could be tilled with one plough (with a proportionate amount of pasture), a carucate or eight oxgangs (historical)
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Main Entry:plough

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