fallow
/ˈfæloʊ/
noun
- Land that has been plowed but left unplanted for a season.
- They planted cover crops on the fallow to prevent erosion.
- A portion of the farm was kept as fallow each year.
- The farmer let the field go to fallow to improve the soil quality.
adjective
- (of farmland) plowed and left unplanted for a season or more, to restore fertility.
- Farmers often leave a field fallow to allow the soil to recover.
- They rotated their crops, keeping one section fallow each year.
- The fallow land was covered with wildflowers and grasses.
- Inactive or not being used; not producing results.
- The company's fallow period ended when they launched a new product.
- She decided to let her garden lie fallow for a year while she traveled.
- After the project ended, his creative skills lay fallow for several months.
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