Get to know Arable better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cultivable or cultivatable.
Arable in a sentence
Arable meaning
- Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
- Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
Synonyms of Arable
Using Arable
- The main meaning on this page is: Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths). | Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
- Useful related words include: cultivable, cultivatable, tillable, productive.
- In the example corpus, arable often appears in combinations such as: arable land, of arable, and arable.
Context around Arable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 2 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Arable
- In this selection, "arable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mixed, intensified, fact, land, farmer and fields stand out and add context to how "arable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mixed arable and livestock and arable and livestock. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "arable" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with arable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His focus was dairy and arable. (6 words)
It is not, in fact, arable. (6 words)
Andy Cato, co-founder of Wildfarmed, is a mixed arable and livestock farmer. (13 words)
A statement submitted with the application said: “This treatment would also have the benefit of providing a 111.11% biodiversity net gain whilst allowing the soil to rest and return to its previous quality to be used again in future for arable farming. (43 words)
The continent also has more than 60% of the world’s undeveloped arable land and is home to 13% of the world’s population; 60% of its people are under 25 years of age, the youngest population in the world. (40 words)
In the trenches, several infantrymen had nodded at the dark-brown walls surrounding us, which were marbled with pale, healthy roots, and asked me if the soil in the United States was as rich and arable as theirs. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Andy Cato, co-founder of Wildfarmed, is a mixed arable and livestock farmer.
As farming has intensified, arable which foster larks and used to thrive between rows of crops, have become some of the most endangered plants in Europe.
A spokesperson said: “The land within the scheme is planned to continue to be home to grazing livestock and that a broader range of biodiversity often thrives with the switch from arable fields to permanent grassland.
Dr Paul Cottney overviewed some research findings on the impact of land management on soil health, including the use of cover crops and organic manures in arable systems.
His focus was dairy and arable.
In the trenches, several infantrymen had nodded at the dark-brown walls surrounding us, which were marbled with pale, healthy roots, and asked me if the soil in the United States was as rich and arable as theirs.
It is not, in fact, arable.
Katharine Samms, a flood risk advisor for the Environment Agency said: “The project is one of the first natural flood management schemes to be installed in an arable landscape.
The continent also has more than 60% of the world’s undeveloped arable land and is home to 13% of the world’s population; 60% of its people are under 25 years of age, the youngest population in the world.
The country has 210 million hectares of arable land which creates large investment opportunities for UAE food companies.
These gardens can grow crops, providing fresh produce in urban areas with limited arable land.
A New Zealand Arable Production Growth Strategy, "Future Fields 2030", produced by industry groups and the Ministry for Primary Industries, will also be launched at the field day.
Arable and livestock unit in Fife on the market for offers over £2.
Arable farmer Bruce Martin and his firm Galagate Developments secured a seven-figure sum in moves to create new family homes in Northumberland.
Arable farmer Clive Bailey from Staffordshire said the farming sector could unleash 'massive disruption' in response to the Budget.
Arable farmer Olly from Liverpool who has over 500,000 followers on social media, will attend on the Tuesday, taking part in the 12pm Farm to Fashion Show at the Sheep Shearing Stage, among other activities.
A statement submitted with the application said: “This treatment would also have the benefit of providing a 111.11% biodiversity net gain whilst allowing the soil to rest and return to its previous quality to be used again in future for arable farming.
Batters herself is a tenant farmer – the sixth generation of her family in the industry – on 300 acres in Salisbury, farming beef, sheep and arable since 1998.
Bhutan currently imports 3,500 metric tonnes of chemical fertilisers annually, averaging 13.41 kilograms per hectare of arable land.
For a mixed farm of half arable and half pasture, this values an average-sized farm at £1.9m for land, excluding buildings and equipment, placing it under the limit for a couple.
Common combinations with arable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- arable land 81×
- of arable 24×
- and arable 10×
- the arable 10×
- is arable 10×
- arable farming 8×
- arable and 7×
- from arable 6×
- arable farmer 4×
- an arable 3×