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FARMLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rural area where farming is practiced
Synonyms:
farming area; farmland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("farmland" is a kind of...):
country; rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Synonyms:
cultivated land; farmland; ploughland; plowland; tillage; tilled land; tilth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("farmland" is a kind of...):
ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farmland"):
fallow (cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons)
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