: a cultivating implement with engine-powered rotating blades used to lift and turn over soil

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Trying to rototill around the shrub to loosen the soil is seldom productive and can damage both your rototiller and surrounding plants. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026 The gleaming rototiller that promises to do the hard work for you. — Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026 Skip the gimmicky weeding gadgets and the rototiller, at least for now, and focus your time and budget on tools that will serve you season after season. — Kansas City Star, 9 Mar. 2026 Work the compost into the soil with a rototiller or manually with a garden pitchfork. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rototiller

Word History

Etymology

from Rototiller, a trademark

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rototiller was in 1923

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“Rototiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rototiller. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

Kids Definition

rototiller

noun
: a landscaping machine with rotating blades that lift and turn over soil
Etymology

from Rototiller, a trademark

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