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agricultural

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ag·ri·cul·ture  (gr-klchr)
n.
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.
[Middle English, from Latin agrcultra : agr, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultra, cultivation; see culture.]
agri·cultur·al adj.
agri·cultur·al·ly adv.
agri·cultur·ist, agri·cultur·al·ist n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.agricultural - relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college"
2.agriculturalagricultural - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
agrarian, farming
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
agricultural
adjective farming, country, rural, rustic, agrarian, agronomic, agronomical, agrestic traditional agricultural societies
Translations
agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl]
A. ADJ → agrícola
B. CPD agricultural college N → escuela f de agricultura
agricultural expert N → perito/a m/f agrónomo/a
agricultural show N → feria f agrícola or de campo
agricultural subsidy N → subvención f agrícola
agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl] adj → agricole
agricultural run-off n → rejets mpl agricoles
agricultural
adj produce, production, expert, tool etc → landwirtschaftlich; agricultural country → Agrarland nt; the agricultural country in the north → das landwirtschaftliche Gebiet im Norden; agricultural ministry → Landwirtschaftsministerium nt; agricultural market (in EU) → Agrarmarkt; agricultural nation → Agrarstaat m, → Agrarland nt; agricultural policy → Agrarpolitik f; agricultural reform → Agrarreform f; agricultural worker → Landarbeiter(in) m(f)
agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃ/ər/əl] adj (gen) → agricolo/a; (college, studies) → agrario/a
agricultural expert → agronomo/a
agricultural → زراعي zemědělský landbrugs- landwirtschaftlich γεωργικός agrícola maatalous- agricole poljoprivredni agricolo 農業の 농업의 agrarisch landbruks- rolniczy agrícola сельскохозяйственный jordbruks- ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม tarımsal thuộc nông nghiệp 农业的


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This was followed by a great down-pour of rain, which washed the unfortunate Officer of the Government and the outfit off the face of creation and affected the agricultural heart with joy too deep for utterance.
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First, it is likely that before the rise of the Ionian epos there existed in Boeotia a purely popular and indigenous poetry of a crude form: it comprised, we may suppose, versified proverbs and precepts relating to life in general, agricultural maxims, weather-lore, and the like.
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It is only now and then in some very remote and backward agricultural district that an antiquarian may still discover a square house.
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