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agriculture

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As a noun, agriculture means the art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

Meanings of agriculture

5 meanings

noun

  1. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock

  2. 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

    Similar: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, USDA

  3. A large-scale farming enterprise

    Similar: agribusiness, factory farm

  4. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

    Similar: farming, husbandry

  5. The class of people engaged in growing food

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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noun: the federal department that administers programs that pro…
Department of AgricultureAgriculture DepartmentUSDA
noun: a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusinessfactory farm
noun: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farminghusbandry

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