cropland
/ˈkrɒplænd/noun
उच्चारण क्रॉप्लैन्ड
फ़सल उगाने के लिए इस्तेमाल की जाने वाली ज़मीन, कृषि भूमि
Core word
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land that is used for growing crops
फ़सल उगाने के लिए इस्तेमाल की जाने वाली ज़मीन, कृषि भूमि
- Cities are spreading onto fertile cropland.
- Much of the cropland in this district depends on canal water.
- Farmers lost cropland when the river changed its course after the floods.
+ 2 more examples
- Only a small share of the country's cropland is irrigated all year round.
- The government wants to stop good cropland from being turned into housing plots.
Synonyms farmland arable land
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cropland (uncountable noun)
Cropland names land used for growing crops and is normally used without a or an and without a plural.
'Cropland' फसल उगाने वाली भूमि का नाम है और प्रायः बिना a/an और बिना plural के प्रयोग होता है।
- Cropland near the river is very fertile.
- Much cropland has been lost to new housing.
acres/hectares of cropland
Measure the area with a unit followed by of.
क्षेत्रफल बताने के लिए unit के बाद 'of' लगाकर 'cropland' आता है।
- The flood destroyed thousands of hectares of cropland.
cropland + verb in the singular
As an uncountable noun it takes a singular verb.
Uncountable noun होने के कारण इसके साथ singular verb आती है।
- Cropland is shrinking around the big cities.
- Irrigated cropland has increased in the last decade.
convert cropland into/to something
Use into or to for changing the use of the land.
भूमि का उपयोग बदलने के लिए 'into' या 'to' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The company converted cropland into an industrial park.
cropland vs farmland vs pasture
Cropland is used for growing crops only, farmland covers all farm land, and pasture is for grazing animals.
Cropland केवल फसल के लिए है, farmland में सारी कृषि भूमि आती है और pasture पशु चराने के लिए होती है।
- The village has more pasture than cropland.
+Collocations 5
adjective + cropland
fertileirrigatedarableprimebarren
- Irrigated cropland gives higher yields than rain-fed land.
verb + cropland
loseprotectirrigateconvertexpand
- The state wants to protect cropland from urban sprawl.
cropland + noun
arealossproductivitypricessurvey
- A satellite survey measured the cropland area of the district.
cropland + preposition
in the deltanear the villageunder cultivationper farmer
- Cropland per farmer has fallen over the years.
cropland + verb
shrinksexpandsdries upfloodsyields well
- Cropland dries up quickly in a year without monsoon.
“More examples 6
- Salt in the soil has made some cropland useless.
मिट्टी में नमक बढ़ने से कुछ कृषि भूमि बेकार हो गई है।
- Radhika's geography project compares cropland in Punjab and Kerala.
राधिका की geography परियोजना पंजाब और केरल की कृषि भूमि की तुलना करती है।
- The canal brought water to dry cropland for the first time.
नहर पहली बार सूखी कृषि भूमि तक पानी लेकर आई।
- Cities are growing at the cost of valuable cropland.
शहर मूल्यवान कृषि भूमि की कीमत पर बढ़ रहे हैं।
- Only a small share of the country's total area is cropland.
देश के कुल क्षेत्रफल का केवल छोटा हिस्सा कृषि भूमि है।
- Radhika's village lost its cropland when the highway was built.
राजमार्ग बनने पर राधिका के गाँव की कृषि भूमि चली गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Many croplands are lost every year.
✓ Much cropland is lost every year.
Cropland is uncountable here, so use much and a singular verb.
यहाँ 'cropland' uncountable है, इसलिए 'much' और singular verb आती है।
✗ The cropland are shrinking.
✓ The cropland is shrinking.
Cropland is treated as singular, so the verb is is.
'Cropland' singular माना जाता है, इसलिए verb 'is' आएगी।