tillable

[ til-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. able to be tilled; till; arable.

Other Words From

• non·tilla·ble adjective
• un·tilla·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tillable¹

First recorded in 1565–75; till ² + -able

Example Sentences

Upon the maintenance, unimpaired in quantity and quality, of the tillable area of the country its whole future is conditioned.

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For this purpose zones of tillable land are set apart in the districts named.

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They take away from the area of tillable soil, and add it to waste and unprofitable districts.

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Westward the same conditions are manifest, and the limited area of tillable land shows a yearly increasing number of fruit trees.

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The houses are tidied and neat; the soil, every tillable inch of it, is in a state of intensive and painstaking cultivation.

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