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Definition: Cultivable |
CultivableAdjective1. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cultivable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references) |
Synonyms: CultivableSynonyms: arable (adj), cultivatable (adj), tillable (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: capable of being cultivated (food & agriculture), croppable. |
Crosswords: Cultivable |
| Non-English Usage: "Cultivable" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (arable, tillable), Spanish (arable, cultivable, tillable). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Angola | It specifies a minimum amount of cultivable land for each family, provides for freedom from landmines and provisions for health centers, schools, water, drainage, equipment, and farm supplies, and it includes requirements for coordination between the provinces and traditional authorities. (references) |
Economic History | Lithuania | Cultivable land--1.36 million ha, of which 60% arable, 18% meadow, 13% pasture. (references) |
Pakistan | Agricultural production is the single major contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Forty percent of Pakistan's total area of 197 million acres is cultivable land and produces a wide variety of crops including cotton, rice, wheat, sugarcane and tobacco. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cultivable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cultivable" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cultivable": cultivable land. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "cultivable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i punueshën. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opdyrkelig (capable of being cultivated, croppable), dyrkbar (capable of being cultivated, croppable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ontginbaar (capable of being cultivated, croppable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viljelykelpoinen (capable of being cultivated, croppable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cultivable (capable of being cultivated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kultivierbar (cultivatable), bildungsfähig, bebaubar (arable, suitable for building, workable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλλιεργήσιμος (capable of being cultivated, croppable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dapat ditanami. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coltivabile (capable of being cultivated, croppable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn-troarey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ultivablecay cultivabil (tillable). (various references) cultivable (arable, tillable). (various references) odlingsbar (arable). (various references) işlenebilir (farmable, forgeable, penetrable, tractable, workable), ekilebilir (arable). (various references) орнопридатний, орний (arable, tillable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "cultivable": uncultivable. (additional references) | |
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"Cultivable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cultivi, culturable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cultivable" (pronounced 'Cul"ti*va*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-l-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: balletic. | |
-3 letters: ballute, bullace, bullate, citable, cubital, eluvial, livable, victual. | |
-4 letters: abulic, active, aculei, albeit, albite, alible, atelic, ballet, billet, blivet, bullae, bullet, cablet, callet, cullet, eluvia, labile, liable, luetic, luteal, tabuli, taille, telial, tuille, viable, villae. | |
-5 letters: acute, alive, aulic, beaut, blate, bleat, blite, bluet, built, bulla, butle, cable, calve, cavie, cavil, ceiba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-l-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: cultivatable, uncultivable. | |
+5 letters: cultivabilities. | |
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