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arable

[ ar-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage:

    arable land; arable soil.



noun

  1. land that can be or is cultivated.

arable

/ ˈæəə /

adjective

  1. (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops
  2. of, relating to, or using such land

    arable farming

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. arable land or farming
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • a·i·ٲ 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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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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But one of the proposed storage facilities is earmarked for the arable fields behind his home.

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Directly below there is an apple orchard, beyond that fields of arable farmland with the occasional house, and in the distance the town of Sittingbourne, silhouettes of Thames Estuary heavy industry visible against the sky.

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