- a farm implement equipped with shovels, blades, etc, used to break up soil and remove weeds
- a person or thing that cultivates
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cul•ti•va•tor
(kul′tə vā′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- Agriculturea person or thing that cultivates.
- Agriculturean implement drawn between rows of growing plants to loosen the earth and destroy weeds.
- cultivate + -or2 1655–65
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cultivator /ˈkʌltɪˌveɪtə/ n
'cultivator' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cultivate
- breastplow
- culturist
- flame cultivator
- flamethrower
- go-devil
- ryot
- tiller
- weed burner
- scarify
- scour
- sled cultivator
- spider
- sweep