tilth

Plural: tilths

Noun

• Cultivated land; the condition of soil suitable for planting.
• the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
• arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
• Agricultural labour; husbandry.
• The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
• Cultivated land
• Rich cultivated soil.

Examples

• His strategy aimed to prepare the board’s TILTH, setting up high-scoring plays for later turns.
• The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.

Synonyms

cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land

Related Words

till, tillage