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agriculture

/ˈæɡɹɪkˌʌltʃɝ/noun4 syllables

Agriculture means: the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.

Synonyms for agriculture7

noun, as in the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, USDA

noun, as in a large-scale farming enterprise

agribusiness, factory farm

noun, as in the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

farming, husbandry

What does agriculture mean?4

noun

1

the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

2

a large-scale farming enterprise

3

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

4

the class of people engaged in growing food

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Agriculture in a sentence

  • Agriculture, crafts, animal husbandry and fishery are the main traditional sources of income.CM
  • The agriculture sector is small, and most food is imported.The_World_Factbook
  • Algeria should focus on industry, agriculture, and tourism.Amastan
  • Organic agriculture is a method of growing plants (grains, legumes, fruit) without chemicals.AlanF_US
  • Algeria's main industries are oil and gas, tourism, industry, and agriculture.Amastan
  • The economy is based on fishing, tourism and agriculture.CM
  • Algeria needs more people to work in agriculture.Amastan
  • Some day man will reclaim the desert for agriculture.orcrist

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