agriculture meaning and definition

AGRICULTURE noun

Definition of agriculture (noun)

1. a large-scale farming enterprise
   • synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm
2. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
   • synonyms: farming, husbandry
3. the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
   • synonyms: Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, USDA
4. the class of people engaged in growing food