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Uncommonfallow
The correct spelling is fallow.
How to pronounce fallow
noun
IPA: /ˈfæləʊ/
Say it like: Fal-low
The correct spelling is fallow. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. For example: "a fallow period in one's career"
Usage Examples
“a fallow period in one's career”
“a fallow deer or greyhound”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
- 2.Uncultivated land.
- 3.The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
adjective
- 1.(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
- 2.(of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
- 3.Inactive; undeveloped.
- 4.(color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
verb
- 1.To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.
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