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friche — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fallow adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
  • wasteland noun An area of land that is barren, ruined, or has no useful resources.

Senses

friche is used for these senses in English:

  • fallow (of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
  • fallow (figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
  • fallow (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
  • fallow (agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
  • wasteland A place with no remaining resources; a desert.

fallow — full definition

  1. adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
  2. adjective Inactive or not being used or developed.
  3. noun Land that has been plowed but deliberately left unseeded.

wasteland — full definition

  1. noun An area of land that is barren, ruined, or has no useful resources.
  2. noun Any place, situation, or period seen as bleak, empty, or lacking value.

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