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Truck farming — is the cultivation of one or a few fruit or vegetable crops on a relatively large scale for transport to distant markets where the crop cannot be grown due to climate. This is contrasted to market gardening, where a variety of crops are grown on… … Wikipedia
Truck farming — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truck-farming — truckˈ farming noun • • • Main Entry: ↑truck … Useful english dictionary
truck farming — noun growing vegetables for the market • Hypernyms: ↑farming, ↑agriculture, ↑husbandry * * * noun : the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant… … Useful english dictionary
truck farming — Synonyms and related words: agrarianism, agricultural geology, agriculture, agrology, agronomics, agronomy, contour farming, cultivation, culture, dirt farming, dry farming, dryland farming, farm economy, farming, fruit farming, geoponics, grain… … Moby Thesaurus
truck farming — See truckfarmer. * * * … Universalium
truck farming — The growing of vegetables, a kind of agriculture. 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 97 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Truck — Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truck system — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truck|ing — truck|ing1 «TRUHK ihng», noun. 1. the act or business of carrying goods or articles on a truck or trucks. 2. = truckage. (Cf. ↑truckage) 3. a slow, shuffling cakewalk, danced with the index finger of one hand pointed upward. 4. U.S. Slang. the… … Useful english dictionary
