agriculture

noun

ag·ri·cul·ture | \ ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər

Definition of agriculture

: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products cleared the land to use it for agriculture

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Synonyms for agriculture

Synonyms

farming,
husbandry

Examples of agriculture in a Sentence

They cleared the land to use it for agriculture. the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture

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