husbandry - Definitions from Dictionary.com

6 results for: husbandry

Browse Nearby Entries

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

hus·band·ry

Audio Help [huhz-buh

n-dree] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.

2.	the science of raising crops or food animals.

3.	careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.

4.	the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME housebondrie. See husband, -ry

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
husbandry

To learn more about husbandry visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

hus·band·ry Audio Help (hŭz'bən-drē) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act or practice of cultivating crops and breeding and raising livestock; agriculture.
2. The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.
Careful management or conservation of resources; economy.

[Middle English husbondri, from huseband, husband; see husband.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

husbandry
noun
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: farming]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈhusbandry noun

management, especially of a farm or animals

Arabic:	زِراعَه، فِلاحَه
Chinese (Simplified):	农场管理，畜牧业
Chinese (Traditional):	農場管理，畜牧業
Czech:	hospodaření
Danish:	landbrug
Dutch:	zeggenschap, management
Estonian:	majapidamine
Finnish:	tilanhoito
French:	agriculture; gestion
German:	die Landwirtschaft
Greek:	διαχείριση, αγροτική οικονομία
Hungarian:	mezőgazdaság, állattenyésztés
Icelandic:	búskapur; (bú)stjórn; hagsÿni í búskap
Indonesian:	pengelolaan pertanian atau peternakan
Italian:	amministrazione

Japanese:	農業
Korean:	농업, 축산
Latvian:	zemkopība; lopkopība
Lithuanian:	ūkininkavimas, gyvulininkystė
Norwegian:	land-, *jordbruk, feavl
Polish:	gospodarowanie, hodowla
Portuguese (Brazil):	administração
Portuguese (Portugal):	administração
Romanian:	gospodărire, administrare
Russian:	сельское хозяйство
Slovak:	hospodárenie
Slovenian:	gospodarjenje
Spanish:	gestión de la agricultura y el ganado
Swedish:	jordbruk, lanthushållning
Turkish:	çiftçilik, tarım