plough

noun [C] UK (US plow)

/plaʊ/

Definition

› a large farming tool with blades that digs the earth in fields so that seeds can be planted → See also snowploughFarm vehicles and equipment under the plough formal › describes land on which crops are grown: These fields have been under the plough for centuries.Areas of land where crops are grownFarms and ranches

(Definition of plough noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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