tilth

tilth

T0215600 (tĭlth)n.1. Cultivation of land; tillage.2. Tilled earth.3. The fitness of soil for cultivation, as measured by its structure and composition.

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[Middle English, from Old English, from tilian, to labor.]

tilth

(tɪlθ) n1. (Agriculture) the act or process of tilling land2. (Agriculture) the condition of soil or land that has been tilled, esp with respect to suitability for promoting plant growth[Old English tilthe; see till²]

tilth

(tɪlθ)

n. 1. tillage. 2. the physical condition of cultivated soil in relation to plant growth. 3. the condition of cultivated soil: crumbly tilth. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see till², -th¹]

tilth

Soil with a breadcrumb-like appearance that is easily worked.

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Noun	1.	tilth - the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growthcondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	2.	tilth - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising cropsploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, cultivated land, farmlandfallow - cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasonsland, soil, ground - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

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