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Definitions

tillage

[til-ij] / ˈtɪl ɪdʒ /

NOUN

agriculture

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cultivation culture horticulture husbandry

STRONG

agronomy

WEAK

agronomics

NOUN

cultivation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farming gardening horticulture planting

STRONG

agrology agronomy plowing tilling working

WEAK

agronomics

Antonyms

WEAK

destruction harm hurt ignorance neglect unsophistication

NOUN

farming

Synonyms

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agriculture breeding cultivation culture gardening grazing production ranching

STRONG

agronomy feeding fertilizing gleaning growing harvesting homesteading hydroponics landscaping operating reaping seeding threshing

WEAK

agronomics crop-raising geoponics share-cropping soil culture

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destruction

NOUN

field

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farmland garden grassland green ground meadow pasture range terrain territory

STRONG

acreage enclosure glebe lea mead moorland patch plot tract vineyard

WEAK

cropland ranchland

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky

NOUN

gardening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cultivation landscaping planting

STRONG

floriculture growing

WEAK

groundskeeping truck farming

NOUN

husbandry

Synonyms

STRONG

agriculture

WEAK

land management

NOUN

land

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acreage area beach continent country countryside district earth estate farmland field ground home homeland nation parcel plot province ranch real estate region shore soil terrain territory tract

STRONG

acres dirt expanse extent farming grounds holding loam mainland manor purlieu quarry realty sod stretch sweep

WEAK

old sod quinta terra firma

Antonyms

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sky

WEAK

sea

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"Ultimately, we need a more diversified agricultural model, with fewer cattle, and more horticulture, organics and tillage," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

In hopes of boosting the nation’s potato supply, Ireland’s agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue announced he would work to deliver a payment of 100 euros per hectare for horticulture and tillage farmers.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

The money would provide farmers with technical and financial assistance to implement practices like planting cover crops or reducing soil tillage.

From Reuters • May 2, 2023

The dull ox, Sorrow, treads my heart, Dragging the harrow, Pain, And turning the old year's tillage Under the sod again.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

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