What is "fallow" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fallow mean in English? Meaning of fallow definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fallow" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fallow": cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

Noun

  • Meaning: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
  • Synonyms: fallow
  • Hypernyms: cultivated land farmland ploughland plowland tillage tilled land tilth
  • Pronunciation in US: fălʹō, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfæləʊ/

    Meaning of "fallow": left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

    Adjective

  • Meaning: left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  • Example: fallow farmland
  • Synonyms: fallow
  • Similar: unbroken unploughed unplowed
  • Pronunciation in US: fălʹō, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfæləʊ/

    Meaning of "fallow": undeveloped but potentially useful

    Adjective

  • Meaning: undeveloped but potentially useful
  • Example: a fallow gold market
  • Synonyms: fallow
  • Similar: undeveloped unexploited
  • Pronunciation in US: fălʹō, IPA(key)

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈfæləʊ/

  • Adjective: (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.(agriculture, obsolete, countable) An area of fallow land.The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season. Sinclair 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.Sinclair 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.
  • Synonyms:

    virgin, idle, slack, dormant, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, uncultivated, undeveloped, unproductive, unused, vacant, unplanted, unplowed, unseeded, untilled,

    Antonyms:

    cultivated, developed, used, active,

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    fallow in English: fallow
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