agriculture

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 14
Words With Friends: 19
Letters: 11

Pronunciation

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/

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/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃə/ · /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃɚ/ · /ˈæɡ.ɹəˌkʌl.tʃɚ/ · /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃɚ/ · /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ɹəˌkʌl.tʃɚ/ · /ˌəɡ.rɪˌkəl.tʃər/

Definition of agriculture

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

“Meronyms: tillage, cropping”
“Near-synonym: husbandry”

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Middle French agriculturebor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūrabor. Middle English agriculture English agriculture From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

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