plowable

Fit for tilling

Plowable describes land that can be plowed—suitable for breaking up and turning over for cultivation.

The term distinguishes arable ground from rocky, steep, or otherwise unworkable terrain: The farm had sixty plowable acres.

Also spelled ploughable in British English.

soil

loam

Fertile soil mixture

  • topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
  • fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
  • siltWaterborne earth particles

clay · humus · friable · arable · workable · cultivable · tillable · farmable · well-drained · uncompacted

tillage

furrow

Narrow trench in earth

  • diskingCultivating with bladed implement
  • harrowingExtremely distressing or disturbing
  • seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting

fallow · tractor · moldboard · turning · breaking · cultivation · scarify · contour

farmland

acreage

Amount of land owned

pastureland · irrigation · harvestable · sowing · planting · cleared · flatland · bottomland · alluvial · prairie

Opposites
soil workability

plowableunplowable

Cannot be tilled

rocky · frozen · hardpan · impenetrable · compacted

agricultural fertility/potential

plowableinfertile

Unable to produce offspring

barren · uncultivable · fallow · wasteland · sterile

Family

plow, plowed, plowing, plows, snowplow, plowman, snowplowing, plowshare, unplowed

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G