arable
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ə adjective
1.
capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.
noun
2.
land that can be or is cultivated.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops |
| 2. | of, relating to, or using such land: arable farming |
| —n | |
| 3. | arable land or farming |
| [C15: from Latin arābilis that can be ploughed, from arāre to plough] | |
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Word Origin & History
arable
early 15c., "suitable for plowing" (as opposed to pasture- or wood-land), from O.Fr. arable, from L. arabilis, from arare "to plow," from PIE *are- "to plow" (cf. Gk. aroun, O.C.S. orja, Lith. ariu "to plow;" Goth. arjan, O.E. erian, M.Ir. airim, Welsh arddu "to plow;" O.N. arþr "a plow"). Replaced
native erable, from O.E. erian "to plow."
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Example sentences
Save the arable land for food.
We both acknowledge that biofuel crops are diverting arable land from food production and that grain reserves are alarmingly low.
There's simply not enough fresh water, nutritious food, or arable land to go around.
Wars could also come from multi-country desertification, or salt damage of low-lying arable land.
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