Fallow (Noun)
Meaning
Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The farmer decided to leave the south field fallow for a year to replenish the soil's nutrients.
- The patch of land had been fallow for decades since the family stopped farming.
- By allowing a portion of their land to lie fallow each season, the farm is able to maintain soil fertility.
- After years of intensive planting, the entire field was left fallow to recover from erosion.
- The medieval agricultural practice of rotating crops included setting aside one-third of the arable land to be fallow each year.