agriculture
Plural: agricultures
Noun
- a large-scale farming enterprise
- the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
- the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
- the class of people engaged in growing food
- The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.
Synonyms
agribusiness, Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, factory farm, farming, husbandry, USDA
Scrabble Score: 14
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