What is another word for tilth?

Pronunciation: [tˈɪlθ] (IPA)

Tilth is a term commonly used in agriculture which refers to the quality of soil that is suitable for growing crops. It describes the physical condition of soil that has been prepared for planting, including its level of fertility, texture, and structure. If you're looking for synonyms for the word, you might consider using terms such as soil quality, soil fertility, soil structure, and soil texture. Other similar words include soil health, agronomy, plow, and cultivation. By being conscious of the specific language and terminology used to describe soil and farming techniques, farmers and other industry professionals can effectively communicate their needs and goals to peers and stakeholders.

What are the hypernyms for Tilth?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Tilth?

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Usage examples for Tilth

It is merely one of those quiet corners of flat, homely England, where man and beast seem on good terms with each other, where all green things grow in abundance, where from of old tilth and pasture-land are humbly observant of seasons and alternations, where the brown roads are familiar only with the tread of the labourer, with the light wheel of the farmer's gig, or the rumbling of the solid warn.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing
Tuonela was like this upper earth; the sun shone there, there was no lack of land and water, wood and field, tilth and meadow; there were bears and wolves, snakes and pike, but all things were of a hurtful, dismal kind; the woods dark and swarming with wild beasts, the water black, the cornfields bearing seed of snake's teeth; and there stern, pitiless old Tuoni, and his grim wife and son, with the hooked fingers with iron points, kept watch and ward over the dead lest they should escape.
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson
It had for fore-ground a stretch of tilth-olive-trees, honeysuckle hedges, and cypresses.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds

Famous quotes with Tilth

  • So much to learn! Old Nature's ways Of glee and gloom with rapt amaze To study, probe, and paint – brown earth, Salt sea, blue heavens, their tilth and dearth, Birds, grasses, trees – the natural things That throb or grope or poise on wings.
    Richard Francis Burton
  • Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word.
    Virgil

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