tillable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nontillable adjective
- untillable adjective
Etymology
Origin of tillable
Example Sentences
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He and his wife came to Argyle in 1983, when they bought the 140 acres, 40 of them tillable, that made up Slack Hollow Farm.
From New York Times
“Neither can I. We cover a massive amount of acreage, four or five hundred acres easily of tillable land.”
From Washington Times
And he saw development gobbling up tillable acres.
From Washington Times
Byers said the property was attractive for its mixture of wooded and tillable acres.
From Washington Times
Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil.
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