husbandry
[huhz-buh n-dree]
noun
the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
the science of raising crops or food animals.
careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.
Origin of husbandry
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conservation, agriculture, tillage, management, administration, housekeeping, managership, frugality, providence, thriftiness, economy, budgetingExamples from the Web for husbandry
Contemporary Examples of husbandry
They are experienced with the grim side of husbandry, but they are not inured to it.
Maybe some of my kind have taken on similar 'husbandry' projects.
"Husbandry," I began, and her still mending eyebrows crinkled in wonder.
Historical Examples of husbandry
Now, just guess what came into the head of one of our husbandry?
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
Another reference to this process is made in October's Husbandry, vol.
The Enclosures in EnglandHarriett Bradley
Now, are not the best husbandmen those who are most devoted to husbandry?
The RepublicPlato
At what point shall I begin then, Socrates, to revive your recollection of the art of husbandry?
The EconomistXenophon
But may I ask, is the planting of trees a department in the art of husbandry?
The EconomistXenophon
husbandry
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