Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tillage

/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: till-age
IPA: /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Land cultivated in this way.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment."

Etymology

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tillage

Usage

Inflected Forms

tillages (plural)

Derived Forms

cotillage overtillage tillaged

Phrases

no-tillage tillage radish zero-tillage

Frequently Paired Words

carucage

Synonyms

cultivating cultivation tilling cultivated land farmland plowland ploughland tilled land tilth

Antonyms

no-till no-tillage

Rhymes With

village police village pillage

Questions

How do you pronounce tillage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/.
What does tillage mean?: The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
Where does tillage come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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