- crop
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 plants grown for foodADJECTIVE▪ agricultural▪ cash, commercial, export▪
Most farmers now produce cash crops such as coffee and tobacco for the export market.
▪ fodder (BrE), food, forage▪Fodder crops are used to feed livestock.
▪ subsistence▪ staple▪Rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world's population.
▪ traditional▪ cover (= grown to protect and improve the soil)▪ spring, winter▪ growing, standing▪Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops.
▪ arable (BrE), cereal, fruit, grain, root, seed, vegetable▪ organic▪ biotech, genetically engineered, genetically modified (abbreviated to GM)VERB + CROP▪ cultivate, grow, produce, raise▪Most of the farmers grow arable crops.
▪ plant, sow▪ bring in, harvest, reap▪ damage, destroy▪Summer flash floods destroyed the crops.
▪ rotate▪ spray▪Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage.
▪ protect▪ sellCROP + VERB▪ grow▪ fail▪Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed.
CROP + NOUN▪ rotation▪Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.
▪ damage, failure, loss▪ production, yield▪to boost crop yields
▪ protection▪ dusting▪ plantPREPOSITION▪ crop of▪a crop of carrots
2 total amount of grain, fruit, etc. grownADJECTIVE▪ abundant, bumper, excellent, good, heavy, record▪ poor▪ early▪Bring strawberry plants indoors for an early crop.
▪ potato, rice, wheat, etc.VERB + CROP▪ get, harvest, have, reap▪a record crop was harvested
▪We had a very good crop of apples last year.
▪ bear, produce, yield▪It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop.
PREPOSITION▪ crop of{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ closely▪His hair was closely cropped.
PHRASES▪ crop sth short▪His hair had been cropped short and he looked different.
Crop is used with these nouns as the object: ↑photograph
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
