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| 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. |
| organic farm |
a farm where crops are grown without exposure to chemical pesticides or chemical fertilizers and/or where animals raised for food are not given artificial hormones or antibiotics and are grazed on land that has not had recent treatment with chemical pesticides or fertilizers. In addition, organic farms do not use genetically modified seeds for crops or genetically modified food substances as feed for animals. |
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