Noun: tilth tilth
- The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
"The farmer worked to improve the tilth of the soil through careful cultivation"
- Arable land that is worked by ploughing and sowing and raising crops
"The farmer maintained good tilth through careful soil management";
- cultivated land, farmland, plowland [US], ploughland [Brit, Cdn], tilled land, tillage, arable, cropland, arable land
Derived forms: tilths
Type of: condition, ground, land, soil, status
Encyclopedia: Tilth