Meanings
plural tilths
- countableuncountableThe state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
- countableuncountableCultivated land
Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.
1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 11 - countableuncountableRich cultivated soil.
One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.
1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 333
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishtilþ
- Middle Englishtilthe
- Englishtilth
From Middle English tilthe, from Old English tilþ, tilþe, corresponding to till + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian земеделие, разораване
- земеделие (zemedelie)agricultural labour; husbandry
- разораване (razoravane)the state of being tilled
Czech orba
- orbaagricultural labour; husbandry
French ameublissement
- ameublissementthe state of being tilled
Hebrew ניר
- נירrich, cultivated soil
Hungarian földművelés, művelés
- földművelésagricultural labour; husbandry
- művelésagricultural labour; husbandry
- megművelésagricultural labour; husbandry
- talajlazításagricultural labour; husbandry
- talajporhanyításagricultural labour; husbandry
- talajjavításagricultural labour; husbandry
- porhanyósságthe state of being tilled
- lazultságthe state of being tilled
Russian обрабо́тка по́чвы
- обрабо́тка по́чвы (obrabótka póčvy)the state of being tilled
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tilth
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