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crochta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • croft noun A small enclosed field or piece of farmland, especially one rented out for small-scale farming, particularly in Scotland.
  • steep adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.

Senses

crochta is used for these senses in English:

  • croft An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
  • steep Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

croft — full definition

  1. noun A small enclosed field or piece of farmland, especially one rented out for small-scale farming, particularly in Scotland.
  2. verb To farm a croft.

steep — full definition

  1. adj Rising or falling at a sharp angle, close to vertical.
  2. adj Very expensive or unreasonably high, said of a price.
  3. verb To soak something in liquid, often to extract flavor.

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