pasturable

American

[pas-cher-uh-buhl, pahs-] / ˈpæs tʃər ə bəl, ˈpɑs- /

adjective

capable of providing pasture, as land.

Other Word Forms

pasturability

noun

Etymology

Origin of pasturable

First recorded in 1570–80; pasture + -able

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It is calculated that a twentieth of south-eastern Alaska is available for agriculture, and that of the entire country 100,000 sq. m. are pasturable or tillable.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Spurs of the Cheviots as these are, they rise to a considerable elevation, but are pasturable nearly to the top.

From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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