tillage
noun
till·age
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Definition of tillage
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: the operation of tilling land
2
: cultivated land
Examples of tillage in a Sentence
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Boskin says this: Fossil fuels are essential to tillage, transportation, grain drying, manufacturing fertilizer, pesticides, farm equipment and farm electricity. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The Democrats and the 1919 World Series," 1 Aug. 2019 Boskin says this: Fossil fuels are essential to tillage, transportation, grain drying, manufacturing fertilizer, pesticides, farm equipment, and farm electricity. — George Will, National Review, "The Democrats and the 1919 World Series," 1 Aug. 2019 Here are some basics on weed seed biology: Undisturbed weed seeds tend to persist longer than seeds subjected to periodic tillage. — oregonlive.com, "Pull unsightly weeds as they pop or desired garden plants will suffer," 13 July 2019 The alternative is to modify our lifestyles to fit within our environmental constraints: use less water-thirsty crops, leverage the adaptive assets of local plants and animals (no-tillage farming and bison) to more efficiently use our land. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Rounding up geese from parks — cruel or beneficial? (7/7/19)," 7 July 2019 Preliminary experiments with oats have shown that farming practices that do not require tilling resulted in significantly higher ergo levels in the oats than with conventional practices, where tillage of the soil disrupts fungal populations. — Robert Beelman, CNN, "The humble mushroom is the newest superfood," 25 Apr. 2018 Some of those tools include planting cover crops — a crop to manage soil erosion and fertility — or to practice no-till farming — where tillage is the act of agitating the soil by digging or overturning, for example. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "This $20 million project is important — unless you don't care about eating," 8 Dec. 2017 Bible manages 3,000 acres across his farms near Lafayette, on which he plants cover crops or practices no-tillage. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "This $20 million project is important — unless you don't care about eating," 8 Dec. 2017 So, more plant matter + less tillage = less CO2 in the atmosphere. — Sally Mccabe, Philly.com, "Sept. 8-14: In the garden, it's time to…," 8 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tillage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tillage
noun
English Language Learners Definition of tillage
: the activity or process of preparing land for growing crops
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tillage
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Kids Definition of tillage
: the practice of working land by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on