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arable

[ar-uh-buhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage.
arable land; arable soil.

noun

land that can be or is cultivated.

arable

/ ˈæ��ə��ə�� /

adjective

(of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops
of, relating to, or using such land
arable farming

noun

arable land or farming

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Other Word Forms

arability noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of arable¹

1375–1425; < Latin ��, equivalent to �� ( re ) to plow + -bilis -ble; replacing late Middle English erable, equivalent to er ( en ) to plow ( Old English erian ) + -able -able

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Word History and Origins

Origin of arable¹

C15: from Latin ��bilis that can be ploughed, from ��re to plough

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Johnny Tuft, a fourth generation farmer from Ballinderry in County Antrim, farms a mixed farm with beef cattle, sheep, arable and poultry units and is often exposed to dust particles.

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"We are having a drought now from an agricultural point of view," arable farmer Nick Deane told BBC News from his farm in Norfolk.

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It's a beef and arable farm, with a few lambs and pigs for their meat business selling to local customers.

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They are mostly arid, with limited arable land and prone to drought.

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Salt water contaminated many sources of fresh water and destroyed large tracts of arable land.

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