intensive farming
noun [U]Definition
› a way of producing large amounts of crops, by using chemicals and machines: The use of intensive farming can damage the environment.Farming - general words
(Definition of intensive farming noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agribusiness noun
- agriculture noun
- arable adjective
- cultivate verb (USE LAND)
- farm verb
- grain noun (SEED)
- harvest noun
- harvest verb (CROPS)
- harvester noun
- haystack noun
- husbandry noun (FARMING)
- landless adjective
- mixed farming noun
- produce noun
- PYO
- rick noun
- soil noun
- terrace verb
- thresh verb
- till verb
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