cultivatableadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌltᵻveɪtəbl/, U.S.

/ˌkəltəˈveɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s– cultivatable, 1800s– cultivateable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cultivate v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < cultivate v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier cultivable adj.

= cultivable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective]

gainable1480

manurable1600

plantable1640

culturable1642

improvable1653

cultivable1682

wainable1706

cultivatable1761

cultivatible1803

1761 London Mag. Sept. 478/2 If they [sc. non-mountainous regions] are not cultivatable to such a use, to what end has he made his calculation?

1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles iv. 108 Land of such gentle acclivity, as is easily cultivateable by the plough.

1873 Overland Monthly Oct. 380/1 This quality of spirit, for the most part inherent, is to some degree cultivatable.

1922 A. M. Carr-Saunders Population Probl. xxi. 444 The presence..of easily cultivatable plants.

1971 New Scientist 24 June 786/4 The economic production of oysters and other cultivatable molluscs.

2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xii. 365 Its population and per-capita food consumption have been increasing, and its area of potentially cultivatable land is limited.

Derivatives

cultivataˈbility n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > capability of

cultivability1881

cultivatability1900

1900 2nd Ann. Rep. Director N.Y. State Pathol. Lab. 23 The cultivatability of the organism is exceedingly variable.

1995 J. Binney Redempt. Songs xi. 332 Kay was jumping at a chance to get rid of the land and he deliberately misled Te Kooti as to its cultivatability.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cultivatable
释义	cultivatableadj. Brit. /ˈkʌltᵻveɪtəbl/, U.S. /ˌkəltəˈveɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s– cultivatable, 1800s– cultivateable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cultivate v., -able suffix. Etymology: < cultivate v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier cultivable adj. = cultivable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] gainable1480 manurable1600 plantable1640 culturable1642 improvable1653 cultivable1682 wainable1706 cultivatable1761 cultivatible1803 1761 London Mag. Sept. 478/2 If they [sc. non-mountainous regions] are not cultivatable to such a use, to what end has he made his calculation? 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles iv. 108 Land of such gentle acclivity, as is easily cultivateable by the plough. 1873 Overland Monthly Oct. 380/1 This quality of spirit, for the most part inherent, is to some degree cultivatable. 1922 A. M. Carr-Saunders Population Probl. xxi. 444 The presence..of easily cultivatable plants. 1971 New Scientist 24 June 786/4 The economic production of oysters and other cultivatable molluscs. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xii. 365 Its population and per-capita food consumption have been increasing, and its area of potentially cultivatable land is limited. Derivatives cultivataˈbility n. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > capability of cultivability1881 cultivatability1900 1900 2nd Ann. Rep. Director N.Y. State Pathol. Lab. 23 The cultivatability of the organism is exceedingly variable. 1995 J. Binney Redempt. Songs xi. 332 Kay was jumping at a chance to get rid of the land and he deliberately misled Te Kooti as to its cultivatability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1761
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