tillage

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ

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• Hyphenation: till‧age

tillage (countable and uncountable, plural tillages)

2. The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

   Synonyms: cultivating, cultivation

3. Land cultivated in this way.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 13:23:

     Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

5. 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

   Hyponyms: cultivating, cultivation, harrowing, hoeing, mattocking, picking, ploughing, plowing, raking, rototilling, shoveling

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