no-tillage
or no-till
[ noh-til-ij or noh-til ]
/ ˈnoʊˈtɪl ɪdʒ or ˈnoʊˈtɪl /
noun
the planting of crops by direct seeding without plowing, using herbicides as necessary to control weeds.
Also called
minimum tillage,
zero tillage.
Origin of no-tillage
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby no-tillage
no-smoking,
no-stick,
no-strike,
no-strings,
no-sweat,
no-tillage,
no-trump,
no-win,
no-win situation,
no.,
no. 1
British Dictionary definitions for no-tillage
no-tillage
noun
a system of farming in which planting is done in a narrow trench, without tillage, and weeds are controlled with herbicide