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ˈkʌl tʃərcul·ture

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 4 votes

  1. culture

    Agriculture is the generic term, including at once the science, the art, and the process of supplying human wants by raising the products of the soil, and by the associated industries; farming is the practise of agriculture as a business; there may be theoretical agriculture, but not theoretical farming; we speak of the science of agriculture, the business of farming; scientific agriculture may be wholly in books; scientific farming is practised upon the land; we say an agricultural college rather than a college of farming. Farming refers to the cultivation of considerable portions of land, and the raising of the coarser crops; gardening is the close cultivation of a small area for small fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc., and while it may be done upon a farm is yet a distinct industry. Gardening in general, kitchen-gardening, the cultivation of vegetables, etc., for the household, market-gardening, the raising of the same for sale, floriculture, the culture of flowers, and horticulture, the culture of fruits, flowers, or vegetables, are all departments of agriculture, but not strictly nor ordinarily of farming; farming is itself one department of agriculture. Husbandry is a general word for any form of practical agriculture, but is now chiefly poetical. Tillage refers directly to the work bestowed upon the land, as plowing, manuring, etc.; cultivation refers especially to the processes that bring forward the crop; we speak of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of corn; we also speak of land as in a state of cultivation, under cultivation, etc. Culture is now applied to the careful development of any product to a state of perfection, especially by care through successive generations; the choice varieties of the strawberry have been produced by wise and patient culture; a good crop in any year is the result of good cultivation.

    Synonyms:
    agriculture, cultivation, farming, floriculture, gardening, horticulture, husbandry, kitchen-gardening, market-gardening, tillage

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 4 votes

  1. culture, civilization, civilisationnoun

    a particular society at a particular time and place

    "early Mayan civilization"

    Synonyms:
    culture, civilization, cultivation, acculturation, polish, civilisation, finish, refinement

  2. culturenoun

    the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

    Synonyms:
    civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

  3. acculturation, culturenoun

    all the knowledge and values shared by a society

    Synonyms:
    socialization, enculturation, civilization, assimilation, finish, culture, socialisation, civilisation, acculturation, polish, cultivation, refinement

  4. culturenoun

    (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

    "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"

    Synonyms:
    civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

  5. polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finishnoun

    a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

    "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad

    Synonyms:
    purification, goal, acculturation, refinement, shade, last, polish, finish, culture, ending, coating, glossiness, cultivation, nuance, nicety, destination, civilization, finis, finishing, refining, stopping point, civilisation, elaboration, subtlety, close, gloss, conclusion, burnish, finale

  6. culturenoun

    the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

    "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

    Synonyms:
    civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

  7. cultureverb

    the raising of plants or animals

    "the culture of oysters"

    Synonyms:
    civilization, finish, acculturation, polish, civilisation, refinement, cultivation

  8. cultureverb

    grow in a special preparation

    "the biologist grows microorganisms"

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 2 votes

  1. culturenoun

    Synonyms:
    agriculture, tillage

  2. culturenoun

    Synonyms:
    improvement, refinement, cultivation, civilization

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. culturenoun

    Synonyms:
    cultivation, tillage, refinement, enlightenment, education

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How to use culture in a sentence?

  1. Jari Laukkanen:

    Sauna bathing is very common habit related to our culture, in Finland saunas are not luxury items, almost everyone has access to a sauna.

  2. Bruno Rodriguez:

    In this visit, there was a deep attack on our ideas, our history, our culture and our symbols.

  3. Shaunna Thomas:

    The entertainment industry still has a lot of work to do, as pretty much every industry does, but, obviously their impact on culture is significant. They shape the content that the vast majority of people in this country are consuming, and so when you have misogynists shaping that kind of content that people are seeing, that's serious.

  4. James Scott:

    America’s treasure troves of public and private data, IP, and critical infrastructure continues to be pilfered, annihilated, and disrupted, while an organizational culture of ‘Participation Trophy Winners” managed by tech neophyte executives continue to lose one battle after the next.

  5. Matt Schlapp:

    In Texas what's really interesting is there's a lot of primaries. And we're letting the incumbent and the primary opponents speak because we're not cancel culture. We actually let people talk. And that's how Republicans do things.


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