Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tillage
2 senses of tillage
Sense 1
cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth -- (arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops)
=> land, ground, soil -- (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil")
Sense 2
tillage -- (the cultivation of soil for raising crops)
=> culture -- (the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters")