Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tillage
IPA transcription: [t'ɪlɑdʒ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tillage
    Meaning: the cultivation of soil for raising crops
  • Synonyms: cultivated_land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled_land, tillage, tilth
    Meaning: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Usage examples
  • Tillage gave way to pasturage, another cause of depopulation, even among slaves.
  • I hold that the more arid and unreclaimed the soil where the Christian labourer's task of tillage is appointed him--the scantier the meed his toil brings--the higher the honour.
  • The practice of agriculture was undergoing a transformation; in all directions grazing was being substituted for tillage, and the number of agricultural labourers was greatly reduced by the change.
  • Then a slice of our neighbours' land will be wanted by us for pasture and tillage, and they will want a slice of ours, if, like ourselves, they exceed the limit of necessity, and give themselves up to the unlimited accumulation of wealth?