arable

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(ăr'ə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.

n.
Land fit to be cultivated.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin arābilis, from arāre, to plow.]

arability ar'a·bil'i·ty n.

Able to be cultivated.


Example: Property value was higher for arable land than for nearby desert land because of potential income from farming the arable land.

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Definition: farmable
Antonyms: infertile

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IN BRIEF: n. - The quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation.

pronunciation we are reaching a point where the space and relative arability we have left ourselves to grow food is dwindling. — http://www.progressivegardens.com/attention_dimension/urbanag.html

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opdyrkelig, dyrkbar
n. - agerland, landbrugsjord

Nederlands (Dutch)
geschikt voor verbouwing, bouwland

Français (French)
adj. - arable, cultivable
n. - terres arables

Deutsch (German)
adj. - urbar
n. - Ackerland

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αρόσιμος, καλλιεργήσιμος
n. - καλλιεργήσιμη γη

Italiano (Italian)
terra arabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - arável (Agr.), cultivável (Agr.)
n. - terra (f) arável (Agr.)

Русский (Russian)
пахотный, культивируемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - arable, cultivable
n. - terreno que se puede arar y cultivar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - odlingsbar, brukbar
n. - odlingsbar mark

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
适于耕种的, 可开垦的, 耕地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 適於耕種的, 可開墾的
n. - 耕地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 경작할 수 있는
n. - 경작지

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 耕作に適する, 耕された, 耕地の
n. - 耕作に適した土地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صالح للزراعه, أرض زراعيه (الاسم) منزرع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ראוי לעיבוד, בר-חרישה, ניתן לגידול (צמח)‬
n. - ‮קרקעות ראויים לעיבוד, גידולים חקלאיים‬


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