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summer fallow

summer fallow noun: land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.

Noun

summer fallow (plural summer fallows)

  1. Land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
    Antonyms:
    winter fallow

Antonyms of summer fallow

Forms of summer fallow

pluralsummer fallows
alternative formsummer-fallow

Words formed from summer fallow

Questions about summer fallow

What does summer fallow mean?
Summer fallow means land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds.
What part of speech is summer fallow?
Summer fallow is a noun.
What is the plural of summer fallow?
The plural of summer fallow is summer fallows.

Words near summer fallow in the dictionary

  1. summer countries
  2. summer country
  3. summer cypress
  4. summer depression
  5. summer duck
  6. summer fallow
  7. summer fallows
  8. Summer Finding
  9. summer floor
  10. summer flounder
  11. summer flounders

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