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ploughland

ploughland noun: land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.

Noun

ploughland (countable and uncountable, plural ploughlands)

  1. Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
  2. (historical) Synonym of carucate.
    Synonyms:
    carucate

ploughland meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati

ploughland in Hindi

ploughland, cultivated land, farmland
खेत khet

ploughland in Urdu

ploughland, cultivated land, farmland
کھیت khet

ploughland in Gujarati

ploughland, cultivated land, farmland
ખેતર khetar

Synonyms of ploughland

Forms of ploughland

pluralploughlands
alternative formplowland

Origin of ploughland

From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

Questions about ploughland

What does ploughland mean?
Ploughland means land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
What is ploughland in Hindi?
Ploughland in Hindi is खेत (khet). See Ploughland meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ploughland?
Ploughland is a noun.
What is the plural of ploughland?
The plural of ploughland is ploughlands.

Words near ploughland in the dictionary

  1. ploughing through
  2. ploughing under
  3. ploughing up
  4. ploughing with one's heifer
  5. ploughings
  6. ploughland
  7. ploughlands
  8. ploughless
  9. ploughlike
  10. ploughman
  11. ploughman's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ploughland (page history and authors); खेत (Hindi) (page history and authors); کھیت (Urdu) (page history and authors); ખેતર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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