tillage C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual Freq #145433 Meanings 1 noun Land cultivated in this way. Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. 2 noun the cultivation of soil for raising crops 3 noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops 4 noun The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · arable land that is worked... cultivated landfarmlandploughlandplowlandtilth 4 noun · the cultivation of arable... cultivatingcultivation More tilling Word family Derived forms cotillageno-tillagetillaged Related forms carucage Etymology From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tillage **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ **Frequency rank:** 145433 ## Meanings 1. Land cultivated in this way. 2. the cultivation of soil for raising crops 3. arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops 4. The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops. ## Examples - Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. ## Synonyms - tilling ## Derived Forms - cotillage - no-tillage - tillaged ## Related Forms - carucage ## Etymology From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown