arable land
Soil for planting
Arable land is ground suitable for growing crops—land that can be plowed and cultivated.
The term appears in agricultural policy, land use statistics, and environmental discussions: The region has lost thousands of acres of arable land to development.
Arable contrasts with land used for pasture, forests, or construction.
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- croplandLand for growing produce
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- fertile soilNutrient-rich growing medium
- soilGround matter for planting
cultivation · field · fallow field · wheat fields · sowing · irrigation · plow · tillage · acreage · dryland farming · crop rotation · harvest · amber waves · family farm · subsistence farming · soil conservation · soil fertility · dust bowl
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- farmlandfarms, farm, fields, field, barns
- land typespark, croplands, reserve, rangelands, forest
- British farmingsheep farming, dairy farming, cattle farming, mixed farming, pig farming
- farming factorsdrought, flooding, frost, soil quality, rainfall
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, industrial, pastureland, commercial zoning
arable landwasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
desert · badlands · bedrock · hardpan · rocky terrain
arable landurban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
industrial zone · built-up area · concrete jungle · commercial property · parking lot
arable landswampland
Saturated, marshy terrain
marshland · bog · wetland · mountainous terrain · cliff face
land, landing, landscape, landed, landings, arable, landless, landward, landsman