Farm & Countryside
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- arable/ˈæɹəbl̩/adjective · C1Suitable for ploughing and growing crops.
- bale/beɪl/noun · B2+A tight bundle of hay or straw tied for storage.
- bale twinenoun · C1The string that holds a bundle of hay together.
- barren/ˈbæɹən/adjective · B2+Too dry or poor to grow anything.
- boggy/ˈbɑ.ɡi/adjective · B2+Soft and wet underfoot.
- brook/bɹʊk/noun · B1+A small stream.
- byre/ˈbaɪə/noun · C2A shed for cattle.
- calf/kɑːf/noun · B1The thick muscle at the back of the lower leg.
- cattle/ˈkætəl/noun · B1Cows and bulls kept for milk or meat.
- chaff/t͡ʃæf/noun · C1The light husks blown away from the grain.
- churn/tʃɜːn/verb · C1To stir or move about violently.
- cockerel/ˈkɒkəɹəl/noun · B2+A young male chicken.
- combine/kəmˈbaɪn/verb · B1+To bring two or more things together into one.
- common landnoun · B2Ground that a whole village may use.
- coop/kuːp/noun · B1+The small house hens sleep in.
- country lane/ˌkʌntri ˈleɪn/noun · B1A narrow road between hedges.
- countryside walknoun · B1A journey on foot through fields and lanes.
- crofternoun · C2A small tenant farmer, especially in Scotland.
- crop rotationnoun · B2Changing what is grown in a field each year.
- dairy/ˈdɛə.ɹi/noun · B2The place where milk is handled and made into butter and cheese.
- ditch/dɪt͡ʃ/noun · B1A long narrow channel dug to carry water away.
- dung/ˈdʌŋ/noun · B2Solid animal waste.
- electric fencenoun · B1A wire that gives a small shock to keep animals in.
- enclosure/ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/noun · B2+Any fenced-off piece of land.
- ewe/juː/noun · C1An adult female sheep.
- fallow/ˈfæləʊ/adjective · C1Left unplanted for a season so the soil can rest.
- farmhouse/ˈfɑːmhaus/noun · A2+The house the farmer lives in.
- farmyard/ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/noun · B1+The open area surrounded by farm buildings.
- feed sacknoun · B1The heavy bag animal food comes in.
- fertile/ˈfɜːtaɪl/adjective · B2Rich enough to grow abundant life — soil or imagination.
- fleece/fliːs/noun · B1+The whole woolly coat of a sheep.
- flock/flɒk/noun · B1A traveling group of birds or sheep.
- foal/fəʊl/noun · B1+A young horse.
- fodder/ˈfɒdə/noun · B2+Food grown and stored for farm animals.
- footpath/ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/noun · A2+A narrow way kept open for walkers.
- free-rangeadjective · B2Kept with room to roam outdoors.
- furrow/ˈfʌɹoʊ/noun · B2+The long groove a plough cuts in a field.
- gander/ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/noun · B2+A male goose.
- gate latchnoun · B2The catch that holds a field gate shut.
- graze/ɡɹeɪz/verb · B1+To eat growing grass slowly, as cattle do.
- grazing rightsnoun · C1The legal right to feed your animals on land.
- greenhouse gas/ˌɡɹiːn.haʊs ˈɡæs/noun · B2A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.
- gully/ˈɡʌli/noun · B2+A channel worn into the ground by running water.
- hamlet/ˈhæm.lɪt/noun · B2A settlement too small even to be a village.
- harrow/ˈhæɹəʊ/noun · B2+A frame of spikes dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
- harvest festivalnoun · B1The celebration held when the crops are safely in.
- harvest timenoun · B1The weeks when ripe crops are gathered in.
- haystack/ˈheɪˌstæk/noun · B1A large pile of dried grass built to keep the rain out.
- hedge/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/noun · B2A living wall of bushes dividing fields.
- hen/hɛn/noun · A2+An adult female chicken.
- herbicide/ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd/noun · C1A chemical sprayed to kill unwanted plants.
- herd/hɜːd/noun · B1A big group of cows, elephants, or other grazing animals.
- irrigate/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/verb · B2+To bring water to dry land so crops can grow.
- kennel/ˈkɛn.əl/noun · B1+The small shelter a dog sleeps in.
- lamb/ˈlæm/noun · B1The meat of a young sheep.
- livestock/ˈlaɪvstɒk/noun · B2The animals kept on a farm.
- manure/məˈnjʊə/noun · B2Animal waste spread on fields to feed the soil.
- meadow/ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/noun · B1+A field of wild grass and flowers, buzzing with insects in summer.
- milking parlournoun · C1The room where cows are milked by machine.
- mill/mɪl/verb · B1To grind grain into flour.
- muddy/ˈmʌdi/adjective · B2Covered or thick with wet earth.
- orchard keepernoun · B2The person who tends a plantation of fruit trees.
- organic farmingnoun · B2Growing food without artificial chemicals.
- overgrownadjective · B1+Covered in plants that have grown wild.
- paddock/ˈpædək/noun · B2+A small fenced field near a stable.
- pasture/ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/noun · B1+Grassland where animals are put out to feed.
- pen/pɛn/noun · A1You write with it, and its ink cannot be rubbed out.
- pesticide/ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/noun · B2+A chemical sprayed to kill crop pests.
- piglet/ˈpɪɡ.lət/noun · A2+A young pig.
- pitchfork/ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/noun · B2A long fork used to lift hay.
- plough/plaʊ/verb · B1+To turn the soil over before sowing.
- pond/pɒnd/noun · B1A small pool of still water where ducks and frogs live.
- remote[ɹɪˈməʊt]adjective · B1Far from any town or road.
- rural/ˈɹʊəɹəl/adjective · B2Belonging to the countryside, far from cities.
- scarecrow/ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/noun · A2+A figure of straw put in a field to frighten birds off.
- scythe/ˈsaɪð/noun · B2+A long curved blade on a handle for cutting grass by hand.
- seed drillnoun · C1The machine that plants seed in even rows.
- shear/ʃɪə/verb · B2+To cut the wool off a sheep.
- sheepdognoun · A2+The dog trained to gather and drive sheep.
- shepherd/ˈʃɛpəd/noun · B2The person who watches over sheep in the hills.
- sickle/ˈsɪkl̩/noun · B2+A short curved blade for cutting corn by hand.
- signpost/ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/noun · B2+The pole with arms pointing the way to different towns.
- silage/ˈsaɪlɪd͡ʒ/noun · C1Green crop stored wet and left to ferment as winter feed.
- slurry/ˈslʌ.ɹi/noun · C1Liquid farm waste, stored and spread on land.
- smallholding/ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/noun · C1A very small farm, worked by one family.
- sow/saʊ/verb · B1+To put seed into the ground.
- stable/ˈsteɪ.bəl/noun · B1The building where horses are kept.
- stile/staɪl/noun · C1The steps that let people cross a fence but not animals.
- sty/staɪ/noun · B1+The pen where pigs are kept.
- tenant farmernoun · B2A farmer who rents the land they work.
- thresh/θɹɛʃ/verb · C1To beat grain loose from its stalks.
- till/tɪl/noun · B1The machine at the checkout where the shop keeps its money.
- tractor cabnoun · B1The glass box the driver of a farm vehicle sits in.
- tranquil/ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/adjective · C1Peacefully calm and quiet.
- trough/tɹɒf/noun · B2+The long open container animals eat or drink from.
- udder/ˈʌdə/noun · B1+The bag on a cow from which milk is drawn.
- village greennoun · B1The open grass at the centre of a village.
- vineyard/ˈvɪn.jɚd/noun · B1+A field planted with vines for making wine.
- water troughnoun · B2The open container animals drink from.
- watermillnoun · B1+A mill driven by a wheel turned by a stream.
- well/ˈwɛl/noun · A1A deep hole dug to reach water underground.
- wheelbarrow/ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/noun · B1+The one-wheeled cart a gardener pushes by two handles.
- windmill/ˈwɪn(d).mɪl/noun · A2+The tower with great turning sails that the moving air drives.
- winnow/ˈwɪnoʊ/verb · C2To separate grain from chaff using moving air.
- yield/jiːld/verb · C1To finally give way under pressure; also, to produce a harvest.