arable

[ ar-uh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.

noun
  1. land that can be or is cultivated.

Origin of arable

1
1375–1425; <Latin arābilis, equivalent to arā(re) to plow + -bilis-ble; replacing late Middle English erable, equivalent to er(en) to plow (Old English erian) + -able-able

Other words from arable

  • ar·a·bil·i·ty, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for arable

arable

/ (ˈærəbəl) /


adjective
  1. (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops

  2. of, relating to, or using such land: arable farming

noun
  1. arable land or farming

Origin of arable

1
C15: from Latin arābilis that can be ploughed, from arāre to plough

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