cultivator

[kuhl-tuh-vey-ter] /ˈkʌl təˌveɪ tər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that cultivates.
2.
an implement drawn between rows of growing plants to loosen the earth and destroy weeds.
Origin
1655-65; cultivate + -or2
Examples from the web for cultivator
  • It was a mistake to state that a laugh and a lip and a laid climb and a depot and a cultivator and little choosing is a point it.
  • He pulled the nail out of her foot, said nothing to anybody, and drove her to the cultivator all day.
  • It affects the day-to-day living of the humblest rural cultivator in ways that he can see and understand.
  • The cultivator is half a dozen hoes in one, and the horse-rake a dozen rakes.
  • We don't have to maintain the v-ripper or field cultivator and other machinery either.
  • After testing several prototypes, he began producing the heavy-duty cultivator for sale.
  • Corn is generally cultivated with a row cultivator or rotary hoed.
  • If the cultivator did not get a crop, this would not cancel his contract.
British Dictionary definitions for cultivator

cultivator

/ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtə/
noun
1.
a farm implement equipped with shovels, blades, etc, used to break up soil and remove weeds
2.
a person or thing that cultivates
3.
a person who grows, tends, or improves plants or crops
Word Origin and History for cultivator
n.

1660s, noun of action (in Latin form) from cultivate. As the name of an agricultural tool, from 1759.

Encyclopedia Article for cultivator

farm implement or machine designed to stir the soil around a crop as it matures to promote growth and destroy weeds

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