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agr-i-KULCH-uh-r-uh-l/ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/

Agricultural means connected with farming: an agricultural economy, agricultural land. Farming is the everyday adjective and noun; rural is about the countryside, not only farms. Agriculture is the noun (the industry and science). In speech, farming is almost always enough. Do not stretch it to any food topic — a restaurant is not agricultural because it serves vegetables.

Meaning

Connected with farming.

Examples

• “The region has a strong agricultural economy.”
• “The college offers an agricultural course for people who will run farms.”
• “Agricultural runoff can pollute rivers after heavy rain.”

Good to know

Of farming. Noun: agriculture. Everyday: farming. Contrast: rural = countryside, not only farms.

Near in meaning

farming

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