Associations to the word «Agriculture»

Wiktionary

AGRICULTURE, noun. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Dictionary definition

AGRICULTURE, noun. A large-scale farming enterprise.
AGRICULTURE, noun. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
AGRICULTURE, noun. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
AGRICULTURE, noun. The class of people engaged in growing food.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.