cropland

noun

Definition of croplandnext
as in farmland

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Recent Examples of cropland Severance, which is 10 miles east of Fort Collins, is surrounded by irrigated croplands. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2026 In the past eighteen months, three powerful hurricanes have destroyed countless homes and vast expanses of cropland, displacing more than a million people. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026 Anhydrous ammonia is caustic and must be handled as a compressed gas, but given the high nitrogen content, technology was developed to store and transport so it could be injected into cropland. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026 Large cropland areas replace diverse habitats. — François Leroy, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cropland
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  1. farmland
  2. farm
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  • Located on a quiet lane, a stay here offers the best of the UK countryside with rolling hills and farmland on one side.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Wynwood started as farmland and then became an industrial center, a garment district and Little San Juan, the center of a large Puerto Rican community.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of farmland
Noun
  • The nearly 289,000-acre forest is interspersed with private property, farms, communities and roads, creating a patchwork of public and private lands across southern Illinois.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Broadly, the idea is that consumers and small shops should have access to the tools, parts and information needed to repair their own electronic devices, farm equipment and cars, among other things.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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