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Meanings of tillable in English

(Of farmland) capable of being farmed productively.

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        1
        To the village Indian such tillable spots were of the greatest value.
        The Delight Makers
        2
        The people of Delaware have, indeed, very little land that is not tillable.
        The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
        3
        Thirty-five acres were fairly good, tillable land, the best we could pick out.
        The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Re...
        4
        In this diverse land there is little tillable ground, but almost everywhere bare rock.
        History Of Ancient Civilization
        5
        On the northern side of the stream every tillable foot of soil is under cultivation.
        Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
        6
        On the western end there was no tillable land beyond the patches of the Water clan.
        The Delight Makers
        7
        It contains as many square miles, with more tillable ground than the whole continent of Europe.
        American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
        8
        They also help to dry out the soil in spring, thus making the land tillable earlier.
        Apple Growing
        9
        Immigrants poured in, and now every quarter-section that is tillable there has its individual occupant and owner.
        My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
        10
        But I didn't know there was much tillable land left lying around loose, he ventured to say.
        The Flying U's Last Stand
        11
        The established government should take up and lease, pending the adjustment of titles, all tillable and unoccupied land.
        Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
        12
        Less than one-fourth of the land is tillable, and not more than a quarter of that is level.
        A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
        13
        All the colonies, except, perhaps, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware, had abundance of vacant and tillable land.
        Formation of the Union, 1750-1829
        14
        So you use tillable rotors in the front to lift off at lower speed and fly at higher speed, said Bleischwitz.
        Reuters
        15
        The area of tillable land is limited and is found only in small patches, which cause the farms to be widely scattered.
        Arizona Sketches
        16
        The hill land is not productive now and the bottom land will have to supply the farm until we get the hills tillable.
        Watch Yourself Go By
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