tillable

[til-uh-buhl]

till·a·ble

[til-uh-buhl]
adjective
able to be tilled; arable.

Origin:
1565–75; till2 + -able

non·till·a·ble, adjective
un·till·a·ble, adjective
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Tillable is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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till2 (tɪl)
 
vb
1.  to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops
2.  another word for plough
 
[Old English tilian to try, obtain; related to Old Frisian tilia to obtain, Old Saxon tilōn to obtain, Old High German zilōn to hasten towards]
 
'tillable2
 
adj
 
'tiller2
 
n

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