different between agricultural vs ploughland

English

Etymology

agriculture +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?ltj????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?lt?????l/

Adjective

agricultural (comparative more agricultural, superlative most agricultural)

1. Of or pertaining to agriculture

2. (cricket) As if played with a scythe

Derived terms

• agriculturally

Related terms

Translations

Noun

agricultural (plural agriculturals)

1. A product or commodity from agriculture.
   • 2008, Adam Dunsby, John Eckstein, Jess Gaspar, Commodity Investing

     In what follows we divide commodities into three group—energy, metals, and agriculturals—and use equity indexes that are sensible for each commodity group.

French

Adjective

agricultural (feminine singular agriculturale, masculine plural agriculturaux, feminine plural agriculturales)

1. agricultural

Derived terms

• agriculturalement

Portuguese

Etymology

From agricultura +? -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

agricultural m or f (plural agriculturais, comparable)

1. agricultural (relating to agriculture)

   Synonym: (more common) agrícola

English

Alternative forms

• plowland
• plough, plow

Etymology

From Middle English plowelond, plou?-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough +? land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

Noun

ploughland (countable and uncountable, plural ploughlands)

1. land that has been or is meant to be ploughed
2. (historical) Synonym of carucate

Synonyms

• See carucate

Hypernyms

• land
• See carucate

Hyponyms

• See carucate