croplands

noun

plural of cropland
as in farmlands

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  1. farmlands
  2. farms
  3. ranches
  4. farmsteads
Noun
  • At their regular density levels in Australian farmlands, the researchers estimated that brown snakes alone might remove thousands of mice annually for every square kilometer of farmland.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of farmlands
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
  • There's a lot less diesel due to the Iran and Ukraine wars limiting refining capacity and crude production, and yet the need for diesel fuel is still essential from trucks and trains to generator farms and heating.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of farms
Noun
  • Roughly one-third of the panther’s main habitat is on private ranches and timberlands that are frequently targeted for suburban development in southwestern Florida.
    — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Along with apples and baked goods, the ranches offer hay rides, fishing ponds, pony rides, pumpkin patches and other activities.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranches
Noun
  • Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of farmsteads
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“Croplands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croplands. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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