cultivator – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cultivator
n.
one who prepares ground for planting, grower of crops; one who develops or improves; one who nurtures
Cultivator
A
cultivator is any of several types of
farm implement used for secondary
tillage. One sense of the name refers to frames with
teeth (also called
shanks) that pierce the soil as they are dragged through it . Another sense refers to machines that use
rotary motion of disks or teeth to accomplish a similar result. The
rotary tiller is a principal example.
cultivator
Noun
1. someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
(synonym) agriculturist, grower, raiser
(hypernym) farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
(hyponym) fruit grower
(derivation) cultivate
2. a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
(synonym) tiller
(hypernym) farm machine
(hyponym) harrow
(derivation) cultivate, crop, work
cultivator
n.
cultivator, one who prepares ground for planting, grower of crops; one who develops or improves; one who nurtures
Cultivator
(n.)
One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.
(n.)
An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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