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 • Nov. 5, 2022
Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2016
“If the solar thing doesn’t work out after five years, 10 years and they have to decommission, we have to put it into tillable acres.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2016
Renting out the tillable land, an owner could clear about $3,300 after taxes; raising pastured beef, they could get nearly $10,000, although there’s more work involved.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2015
It has already been made clear that only 16 per cent., or fifteen million acres, of the land of Japan proper is tillable.
From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi
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