rotavationn.
/rəʊtəˈveɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌroʊdəˈveɪʃən/ The action or an act of rotavating.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > rotavating
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1949 Times 25 Jan. 3 (advt.) Rotavation gets results at much less cost.
1960 Farmer & Stock-breeder 26 Jan. 78/3 It is not claimed that Rotavation is suitable for all cultivations, all the time, in all soils.
1978 Rescue News Summer 4/2 Methods of working peat include rotovation.
1992 M. Atherden Upland Brit. vi. 100 Research has been carried out recently into the rehabilitation of serious burned moorlands, using various surface treatments, such as rotavation..and sown mixtures of grass and tree species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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