farmland

noun

farm·​land ˈfärm-ˌland 

: land used or suitable for farming

Examples of farmland in a Sentence

50 acres of rich farmland

Recent Examples on the Web

The Delta provides water for nearly 30 million people and 4 million acres of farmland. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Farmers fight back The land rush is visible in its starkest relief in rural America, where wide-open farmland with grid access can be worth a lot more for its computational, rather than agricultural, potential. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

The holdout The crowds of journalists and spectators became increasingly restless throughout the days of deliberations, testing the patience of staff at the Plymouth trial courthouse, a pristine legal complex surrounded by quiet fields and farmland. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Annual cultivation — the plow, plant, harvest and repeat cycle — strains soil formation, which takes thousands of years and rapidly degrades the farmland. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for farmland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

farmland

noun

farm·​land ˈfärm-ˌland 

: land used or suitable for farming