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rotavator /ˈrəʊtəveɪtə /(also rotovator) noun trademarkA machine with rotating blades for breaking up or tilling the soil.We have been able to come up with an old tractor with a bucket that moves the materials, and we also have a rotovator with which we can mix the materials....- I hired a rotavator and got last year's pig pen turned over ready for the sowing of seeds starting next month.
- He said that it was felt that some of the implements like rotavators and bed planters being very costly, were not within the reach of the farmer.
Derivativesrotavate /ˈrəʊtəveɪt/ verb ...- The five volunteers who have already signed up have joined the four project staff in ploughing, rotavating and digging the plot to prepare for cultivation.
- Over 25 years ago the field was rotovated, drained and levelled.
- One section has also been sown with green manure, including clovers, which grow in the soil but can be rotovated back in.
Origin1930s: blend of rotary + cultivator. |