farmland

See also: farm land

English

Farm land

Alternative forms

Etymology

farm + land.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːmlænd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɹmlænd/

Noun

farmland (usually uncountable, plural farmlands)

  1. Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
    • 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:
      From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop.

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References

  • farmland in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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