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| farmyard |
open space surrounded by or next to farm buildings. |
| fellah |
a native peasant or farm worker in Arab countries. |
| fertile |
producing or able to produce abundant growth of farm crops or other vegetation. [1/4 definitions] |
| field hand |
a hired farm laborer, esp. one who works in the fields; hired hand. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as cut-up cornstalks mixed with hay. [1/3 definitions] |
| grange |
a farm, including its farmhouse and other buildings. [1/3 definitions] |
| hacienda |
in Spanish-speaking countries, a large estate used as a farm or ranch, or the estate owner's house. |
| harrow |
a farm implement that has spikes or vertical disks mounted on a heavy frame and is used to break up and level plowed ground. [1/4 definitions] |
| hayseed |
(informal) a person of farm country, viewed as being ignorant or uncouth. [1/3 definitions] |
| hennery |
a farm, shelter, or pen for poultry. |
| holler |
a work song formerly sung by black American farm hands, esp. during the period of slavery. [1/5 definitions] |
| homestead |
a house and the surrounding land and outbuildings, esp. a farm. [1/4 definitions] |
| husbandry |
the cultivation of land and raising of crops and farm animals; farming. [2/3 definitions] |
| land |
rural or farm country (prec. by "the"). [1/12 definitions] |
| livestock |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) domestic animals, such as cows, horses, or sheep, raised or kept on a farm or ranch. |
| mash |
a mixture of grain, meal, or the like in hot water, to be fed to farm animals. [1/5 definitions] |
| migrant |
a person who travels from place to place to find employment, esp. a farm worker. [1/3 definitions] |
| milkmaid |
a girl or woman who milks cows or works on a dairy farm. |
| milkshed |
the dairy farm areas that supply a city with milk. |
| nonfarm |
combined form of farm. |
| Okie |
(often offensive) a migrant farm worker, esp. from Oklahoma. |
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