agricultural

adjective
ag·​ri·​cul·​tur·​al | \ ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl How to pronounce agricultural (audio) \

Definition of agricultural

: of, relating to, used in, or concerned with agriculture

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Other Words from agricultural

agriculturally adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for agricultural

Synonyms

agrarian, farming

Antonyms

nonagricultural

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Examples of agricultural in a Sentence

the state's main agricultural product he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood

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After Trump gave the go-ahead earlier this month for tariffs on the almost $300 billion in Chinese imports that haven’t been hit by higher duties, China halted purchases of agricultural goods and allowed the yuan to weaken. Joshua Gallu, Fortune, "Trump Poised to Escalate China Trade War Even Further Within Hours," 23 Aug. 2019 Arrivals from Latin America today are often from agricultural regions, with little experience of running businesses. The Economist, "How donuts fuelled the American Dream," 26 July 2019 European colonizers quickly molded that landscape into the mosaic of agricultural, prairie, urban and closed-canopied forest that dominates today. USA TODAY, "Ink library, parking barnacles, lunar training grounds: News from around our 50 states," 9 July 2019 All four victims hailed from this tropical agricultural region, home to vast banana and palm oil plantations serving the export market and multinational food conglomerates. Patrick J. Mcdonnell, latimes.com, "Death at the border: 4 from Guatemala, 3 of them children, succumb to heat in Texas," 8 July 2019 Strategic Commercial Realty, dba Rawson Materials, submitted an application to mine sand and gravel from 363 Quaddick Town Farm Road, an 11-acre parcel located in an RA-80 (residential/agricultural) zone. Denise Coffey, courant.com, "Thompson Residents Oppose Gravel Mining Operation," 24 June 2019 At the same time, Greenberg inaccurately portrays recent trends in California agricultural production, and in the state’s farm labor market. Michael Greenberg, The New York Review of Books, "Farmworker Anxieties," 21 Feb. 2019 In recent months, though, prices and power supplies have stabilized and North Korea appears to have maintained substantial levels of agricultural, industrial and construction activity, visitors said. Jeremy Page, WSJ, "North Korea Turns Coal Into Gas to Weather Sanctions," 17 Dec. 2018 Since 2013, Yuma, Arizona, a largely agricultural region of about 200,000, has seen airline departures drop more than 50 percent. Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, "Regional airlines hurt by worsening pilot shortage: "It should be a national concern"," 4 July 2018

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First Known Use of agricultural

1776, in the meaning defined above

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agricultural

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of agricultural

: of, relating to, or used in farming or agriculture
: engaged in or concerned with farming or agriculture

agricultural

adjective
ag·​ri·​cul·​tur·​al | \ ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-chə-rəl How to pronounce agricultural (audio) , -ˈkəlch-rəl\

Kids Definition of agricultural

: relating to or used in farming or agriculture agricultural land

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