- crop-spraying
- 'crop-.sprayingn [U]BrE the practice of dropping chemicals from a plane onto crops in order to kill insectsAmerican Equivalent: crop-dusting
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
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crop-spraying — UK [ˈkrɒp ˌspreɪɪŋ] US [ˈkrɑpˌspreɪɪŋ] noun [uncountable] british the practice of dropping liquid fertilizers and pesticides onto crops from a plane Thesaurus: controlling weeds, insects and pestshyponym … Useful english dictionary
crop-spraying — noun (U) the practice of spreading crops with chemicals that kill insects; crop dusting AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crop-spraying — UK [ˈkrɒp ˌspreɪɪŋ] / US [ˈkrɑpˌspreɪɪŋ] noun [uncountable] British the practice of dropping liquid fertilizers and pesticides onto crops from a plane … English dictionary
crop-dusting — crop .dusting n [U] AmE ↑crop spraying … Dictionary of contemporary English
crop-dusting — noun the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low flying aircraft) • Syn: ↑spraying • Topics: ↑aircraft • Hypernyms: ↑dispersion, ↑dispersal, ↑dissemination, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
crop-dusting — noun (U) AmE crop spraying … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crop-dusting — UK / US noun [uncountable] American crop spraying … English dictionary
crop-dusting — [kräp′dust΄iŋ] n. the process of spraying growing crops with pesticides from an airplane crop dust vi., vt. crop duster n … English World dictionary
crop-duster — crop dust·er or crop duster (krŏpʹdŭst ər) n. 1. A light airplane equipped for spraying crops with powdered insecticides or fungicides. 2. The pilot of such an airplane. * * * … Universalium
crop-dusting — crop′ dust ing n. agr. the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usu. from an airplane crop′ dust er, n … From formal English to slang
