farmland

noun

farm·​land ˈfärm-ˌland How to pronounce farmland (audio)
: land used or suitable for farming

Examples of farmland in a Sentence

50 acres of rich farmland
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Related Digital also plans to invest an additional $14 million in local initiatives requested by the Saline Township Board, including a farmland preservation trust. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 An image captured less than 24 hours after the floodwaters rushed in shows inundated farmlands and vegetation stripped from large swathes of agricultural land. Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 The stone sculpture garden, which some have compared to Stonehenge, sits amid farmland atop a bluff along the Mississippi River. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025 Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmland

Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of farmland was in 1638

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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmland. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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farmland

noun
farm·​land ˈfärm-ˌland How to pronounce farmland (audio)
: land used or suitable for farming

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