fallow

Definitions

1. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
   uncountable
2. Uncultivated land.
   uncountable
3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“By a complete⟳ summer fallow, land⟳ is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.”

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