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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
STRONGEST
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

Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Building more cutting-edge machinery, such as a driverless tillage tractor, appealed to 54-year-old Mukesh Agarwal who was recruited by CNH from Microsoft in July 2021, before the latest layoffs.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023

Reducing tillage in drought areas means that soil does not become as hot, and cover crops planted over the winter season can be a huge help.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2022

The waste land has been mostly brought under tillage, but a very large acreage of the ancient forests is still occupied by wood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various