adjective
arable
AIR-uh-buhl/ˈærəbl/
Suitable for growing crops.
Fresh furrows and healthy crop rows show that the land is arable.
Etymology
Arable describes land capable of being plowed. That practical description identifies land suitable for cultivating crops, in contrast to pasture or woodland.
In context
crops like tobacco soil erosion was created across the u.s south and in haiti by time haiti won independence from france in 1804 most of their land was no longer arable
More examples
- Rocky slopes leave little arable ground.
- The survey measures the region's arable acreage.
- Irrigation brought more land into arable use.
Similar words
- cultivable
- Can be farmed or worked for growing plants.
- fertile
- Produces abundant growth but need not be suitable for plowing.