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cultivator

noun

Etymology

From cultivate + -or, partly after French cultivateur.

  1. borrowed from cultivateur

Definitions

  1. Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to…

    Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

    • Near-synonyms: scarifier, scuffler (not always precisely differentiated; dialectal usage has varied)
    • As the crop gets bigger, the shank spacing on the cultivator will need to be adjusted accordingly.

  2. A person who cultivates.

    • The cultivators were out among the row crops, keeping the weeds in check.

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Derived

cultipacker, cultivatorship

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA