farmlands

noun

plural of farmland
as in farms

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Recent Examples of farmlands At their regular density levels in Australian farmlands, the researchers estimated that brown snakes alone might remove thousands of mice annually for every square kilometer of farmland. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmlands
  1. farms
  2. ranches
  3. farmsteads
  4. plantations
Noun
  • Her goal is to help other producers save time, improve their farms, and find a better balance between work and life.
    — Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The disparate destinations of McPherson’s childhood, farms that stretched to Gainesville connected on smaller roads, were morphing, but to Woodrow’s eyes, big-deal nights out still seemed distant.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of farms
Noun
  • A lot of her stories contain sideways glances at the new money coming into town, doctors buying up the old ranches and turning them into weekend homes with American-eagle door knockers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Today, shooters working for Maui Nui Venison take deer from private ranches each night.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranches
Noun
  • The six-mile journey between the farmsteads required more coordination, including two power companies maneuvering lines along the route so the house could pass through easily.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of farmsteads
Noun
  • The trees are the legacy of coconut plantations established more than a century ago.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Among those rescued were a female orangutan known as Mama Man and her infant, Man, who had been monitored for months in a small forest patch surrounded by plantations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of plantations

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