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noun

  • A method of agriculture where level platforms are cut into a hillside or mountain to create flat areas for cultivation, often resembling a series of steps.

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They created a new method of agriculture, terrace farming.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

A vigorous and intelligent people, thought to be distantly related to the Indonesians, the Nagas are avid for education, skilled at terrace farming, and use dogs for eating as well as hunting.

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Possible Synonyms

  • step farming
  • hillside cultivation
  • graded slope agriculture
  • stepped agriculture
  • bench terracing

Possible Antonyms

  • prairie-style agriculture
  • plains agriculture
  • level ground cultivation
  • flat-field farming
  • valley planting

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