ALL meanings of arable
ar·a·ble
A a - adjective arable Arable farming involves growing crops such as wheat and barley rather than keeping animals or growing fruit and vegetables. Arable land is land that is used for arable farming. 3
- adjective arable (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops 3
- adjective arable of, relating to, or using such land 3
- noun arable arable land or farming 3
- adjective arable suitable for plowing, hence for producing crops 3
- noun arable arable land 3
- adjective arable land: for cultivation 1
- adjective arable crop: grown on arable land 1
- adjective arable capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil. 1
- noun arable land that can be or is cultivated. 1
- noun arable (of land) used or suitable for growing crops. 1
- adjective arable (agriculture, of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths). 0
- adjective arable (agriculture, NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards). 0