tillage

/ˈtɪlɪdʒ/
noun
  1. The act of preparing land for growing crops by plowing, harrowing, or similar methods.
    • Modern tillage methods help prevent soil erosion.
    • The farmer spent the week doing tillage before planting season.
    • No-till farming reduces the need for mechanical tillage.
  2. Land that has been or is being cultivated.
    • They bought a large area of tillage for growing corn.
    • The tillage stretched for miles across the plain.
    • The old pasture was converted into productive tillage.
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