HUSBANDRY Synonyms

• a large-scale farming enterprise

• the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

• the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

• the class of people engaged in growing food

• the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• relating to farming or agriculture

• socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners

• (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the process of fostering the growth of something

• the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)

• the cultivation of plants

• farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

• arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops

• the cultivation of soil for raising crops

• cultivation of the land in order to raise crops

• the system of production and distribution and consumption

• the efficient use of resources

• frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

• an act of economizing; reduction in cost

• prudence in avoiding waste

• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily