farming land | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life, farming is a strenuous life, there's no work on the land any more |
country-dance country dancing contredanse contra danse contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
farming agriculture husbandry | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
arboriculture tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
dairying dairy farming | the business of a dairy |
hydroponics aquiculture tank farming | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients |
mixed farming | growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm |
subsistence farming | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing |
Peasant's Revolt Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
truck farming | growing vegetables for the market |
country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
Potemkin village | something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
country music country and western C and W | a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States, usually played on stringed instruments |
cross country | a long race run over open country |
country people countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
nation land country | the people who live in a nation or country, a statement that sums up the nation's mood, the news was announced to the nation, the whole country worshipped him |
commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth |
developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically |
foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen, working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to |
state nation country land commonwealth res publica body politic | a politically organized body of people under a single government, the state has elected a new president, African nations, students who had come to the nation's capitol, the country's largest manufacturer, an industrialized land |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
country club | a suburban club for recreation and socializing |
area country | a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography), it was a mountainous area, Bible country |
high country | an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline |
backwoods back country boondocks hinterland | a remote and undeveloped area |
fatherland homeland motherland mother country country of origin native land | the country where you were born |
buffer state buffer country | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
country state land | the territory occupied by a nation, he returned to the land of his birth, he visited several European countries |
farmland farming area | a rural area where farming is practiced |
old country | the country of origin of an immigrant |
country rural area | an area outside of cities and towns, his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country |
village hamlet | a settlement smaller than a town |
village green | a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land |
European country European nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
Scandinavian country Scandinavian nation | any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia |
Balkan country Balkan nation Balkan state | any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula |
African country African nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
Asian country Asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
South American country South American nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent |
North American country North American nation | any country on the North American continent |
Central American country Central American nation | any one of the countries occupying Central America, these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments |
West Country | the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
Bluegrass Bluegrass Country Bluegrass Region | an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses |
Greenwich Village Village | a mainly residential district of Manhattan, `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the th century |
country doctor | a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital, do country doctors still make house calls? |
peasant provincial bucolic | a country person |
peasant barbarian boor churl Goth tyke tike | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement |
peasant | one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers |