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Definitions for ARABLE
ˈær ə bəlarable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillableadjective

    (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively

Wiktionary

  1. arableadjective

    suitable for cultivation, such as by ploughing

  2. Etymology: arable, from the adjective arabilis, from aro. Confer the English verb ear.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Arableadjective

    Fit for the plough; fit for tillage; productive of corn.

    Etymology: from aro, Lat. to plow.

    His eyes he open’d, and beheld a field,
    Part arable, and tilth; whereon were sheaves
    New reap’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

    ’Tis good for arable, a glebe that asks
    Tough teams of oxen, and laborious tasks. John Dryden, Virgil.

    Having but very little arable land, they are forced to fetch all their corn from foreign countries. Joseph Addison, Rem. on Italy.

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  1. arable

    Arable refers to land suitable or used for growing crops; land that is capable of being plowed and used to grow crops.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Arableadjective

    fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled

  2. Arablenoun

    arable land; plow land

  3. Etymology: [F. arable, L. arabilis, fr. arare to plow, akin to Gr. , E. ear, to plow. See Earable.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Arable

    ar′a-bl, adj. fit for ploughing or tillage. [L. arabilisara-re, cog. with Gr. aro-ein, to plough, A.S. erian, Eng. Ear (v.t.), Ir. araim.]

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  1. ablare

  2. arbela

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ARABLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ARABLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ARABLE in a Sentence

  1. Zoran Jankovic:

    This dump of bones and chemicals is located 10 kilometers from the center of the city and 200 meters from fertile, arable land which feeds the city of Belgrade and is owned by ... (United Arab Emirates-based) Al Dahra.

  2. Van Wingerden:

    The amount of arable land is decreasing and the world population is growing so how can we produce enough healthy food in the future?, seventy percent of the world is water so why not use the water to produce fresh healthy food near to the consumers?

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