farmland
gb/fˈɑɹmlˌænd/ us/fˈɑɹmlˌænd/
B1
English
~ 9800
Senses
0 senses
Noun
B1
entity
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land used for agriculture
Land that people use to grow plants for food or to keep animals for food or other products.
Usage pattern:
[amount] of farmland
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes treat "farmland" like a regular countable noun and say *"many farmlands"* when **"farmland" is usually uncountable**, especially in everyday English (e.g., "a lot of farmland", "some farmland"). Another confusion is between "farmland" and "farm": a **farm** is the whole business/place (buildings, animals, and fields), while **farmland** refers specifically to the land used for crops or animals.
Synonyms
agricultural land (More formal and technical; used especially in planning, policy, and academic contexts.)
Antonyms
urban land (Refers to land with cities, houses, and roads instead of fields and farms.)
Collocations
fertile farmland
|prime farmland
|productive farmland
|protect farmland
|lose farmland
|farmland prices
Themes
agriculture
|environment
|geography
|nature
|work
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- Much of the region's best farmland has been turned into housing developments.
- The government is offering tax breaks to farmers who protect their farmland from development.
- After years of drought, large areas of farmland were left dry and unusable.
- They bought fifty acres of farmland to start an organic vegetable business.
- Satellite images show how quickly farmland is expanding into former forest areas.
Learner examples
- There is a lot of farmland outside the town.
- Her family owns farmland and grows corn and wheat.
- New roads cut through the farmland near the village.
- Good farmland needs water and rich soil.
- Some farmers lost their farmland after the river flooded.
Grammar
Dictionary form
farmland
IPA
GB/fˈɑɹmlˌænd/
US/fˈɑɹmlˌænd/
Syllables & stress
farm - land (2 syllables)
Stress on 1st syllable (farm)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: farmland
- Plural: farmland, farmlands
Word family
Forms
farmlands
noun
Related words
farmhouse
noun
farmyard
noun
Advanced or less common
agricultural
adjective B1
agriculture
noun B1
Expressions
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