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tillage

Syllables: till·age/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

tillage noun: the cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

tillage: the cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops
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Noun

tillage (countable and uncountable, plural tillages)

  1. The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
  2. Land cultivated in this way.
    • Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 13:23
  3. The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
    Antonyms:
    no-till, no-tillage

tillage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

tillage in Hindi

tillage, ploughing
जुताई jutāī

tillage in Tamil

பணப்பெட்டி, பேழை, கல்லாப்பெட்டி, உழுதொழில், உழு புலம், பண்படுத்தல்

tillage in Urdu

جتائی, کھیتی باڑی

tillage in Telugu

tillage
దుక్కి dukki
More languagesFewer languages
tillage in Kannada
ಉಳುಮೆ, ಕೃಷಿ, ಪಣೆ, ಸಾಗುವಳಿ

Synonyms of tillage

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of tillage

Forms of tillage

pluraltillages

Origin of tillage

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

Words formed from tillage

Phrases with tillage

Words that rhyme with tillage

Questions about tillage

What does tillage mean?
Tillage means the cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
What is tillage in Hindi?
Tillage in Hindi is जुताई (jutāī). See Tillage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tillage?
Tillage is a noun.
How do you pronounce tillage?
Tillage is pronounced /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of tillage?
The plural of tillage is tillages.

Words near tillage in the dictionary

  1. till we meet again
  2. till-tapper
  3. till-tappers
  4. tillability
  5. tillable
  6. tillage
  7. tillage radish
  8. tillage radishes
  9. tillaged
  10. tillages
  11. Tillamook

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tillage (page history and authors); जुताई (Hindi) (page history and authors); tillage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tillage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దుక్కి (Telugu) (page history and authors); tillage (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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