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tillages

Syllables: till·ag·es

tillages is the plural of tillage.

Meaning of tillage

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

Questions about tillages

What is tillages the plural of?
Tillages is the plural of tillage.

Words near tillages in the dictionary

  1. tillable
  2. tillage
  3. tillage radish
  4. tillage radishes
  5. tillaged
  6. tillages
  7. Tillamook
  8. Tillamook County
  9. Tillamooks
  10. tillandsia
  11. tillandsias

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