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subsistence farming

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
sub-sis-tence -farm-ing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Farming in which almost all of the livestock raised or crops produced are used by the farmer and their family to survive, without significant surplus for sale or trade.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

subsistence agriculture (alternative)

Phrases

subsistence economy

Frequently Paired Words

subsistence economy

Questions

What does subsistence farming mean?
Farming in which almost all of the livestock raised or crops produced are used by the farmer and their family to survive, without significant surplus for sale or trade.

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