farmland

«farmland» in Mova's school dictionary: land used for farming: growing crops or keeping animals — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (farmland, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Farmland is land used for farming: growing crops or keeping animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons pupils study how land is used: farmland, towns, forests; in science, farmland feeds people and changes habitats. Phrases: «acres of farmland», «surrounded by farmland», «good farmland».

examples

• The train passed through miles of farmland. tree →
• Our village is surrounded by farmland. tree →
• Rivers make the farmland around them rich. tree →
• Some forests were cut down to make farmland. tree →
• Sheep grazed on the green farmland. tree →
• Keep gates closed when you walk across farmland. tree →
• The map shows farmland in yellow. tree →

note

Uncountable: «a lot of farmland», not «farmlands» (though «farmlands» appears in poems). Countryside code: shut gates, keep dogs on leads, stay on paths.

In the corpora

• Venice had little farmland but grew rich from trade between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, from about 1000 to 1500.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «farmland» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.