tillage

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
2. (countable, uncountable) Land cultivated in this way.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.

Opposite of

no-till, no-tillage

Synonyms

cultivation

farming

agriculture

husbandry

tilth

ploughing

culture

plowland

farmland

field

cultivated land

tilled land

ploughland

tilling

plowing

raising

working

animal husbandry

arable land

disking

cultivate

cropping

soil cultivation

crop

farming area

ripping

Translations

culture

labranza

landbouw

labour

akkerbouw

bewerking

agriculture

فلاحة

agricultio

travail du sol

agricultura

Ackerbau

Bodenbearbeitung

bebouwing

καλλιέργεια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tillage

In summary

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.