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agriculture

noun

1 agriculture

A large-scale farming enterprise.

synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm.

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Dutch: agro-industrie, bio-industrie, landbouwindustrie
Polish: agrobiznes

2 agriculture

The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.

synonyms: farming, husbandry.

Roget 371: agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming; georgics, geoponics; tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage; horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture; ... show more

Dutch: veeteelt, akkerbouw, landbouw
Polish: kultura, agrokultura

3 Agriculture

The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.

synonyms: Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, USDA.

Dutch: landbouw

4 agriculture

The class of people engaged in growing food.


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