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husbandry

[huhz-buh n-dree]
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noun
  1. the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
  2. the science of raising crops or food animals.
  3. careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
  4. the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.

Origin of husbandry

First recorded in 1250–1300, husbandry is from the Middle English word housebondrie. See husband, -ry
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Related Words for husbandry

conservation, agriculture, tillage, management, administration, housekeeping, managership, frugality, providence, thriftiness, economy, budgeting

Examples from the Web for husbandry

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Historical Examples of husbandry

  • Now, just guess what came into the head of one of our husbandry?

  • Another reference to this process is made in October's Husbandry, vol.

  • Now, are not the best husbandmen those who are most devoted to husbandry?

  • At what point shall I begin then, Socrates, to revive your recollection of the art of husbandry?

  • But may I ask, is the planting of trees a department in the art of husbandry?

British Dictionary definitions for husbandry

husbandry

noun
  1. farming, esp when regarded as a science, skill, or art
  2. management of affairs and resources
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Word Origin and History for husbandry

c.1300, "management of a household;" late 14c. as "farm management," from husband (n.) in a now-obsolete sense of "peasant farmer" (early 13c.) + -ery.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
husbandry in Science

husbandry

[hŭz′bən-drē]
  1. The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.
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