LAND-POOR

Meaning of LAND-POOR in English

ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

: pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable or encumbered land

a thousand acres and we couldn't afford to buy a cow. Do you know what it means to be land-poor — Ellen Glasgow

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LAND-POOR — adjective Date: 1873 owning so much unprofitable or encumbered land as to lack funds to develop the land or pay …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAND-POOR — (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Английский словарь Webster
LAND-POOR — ( a. ) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAND-POOR — /land"poor'/ , adj. in need of ready money while owning much land. [ 1870-75, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAND-POOR — adjective Date: 1873 : owning so much unprofitable or encumbered land as to lack funds to develop the land or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAND-POOR — adj pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Webster English vocab
LAND-POOR — Pronunciation: ' lan(d)- ˌ pu ̇ r Function: adjective Date: 1873 : owning so much unprofitable or encumbered land as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LAND-POOR — [land-poor] adj (1873): owning so much unprofitable or encumbered land as to lack funds to develop the land or pay …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAND-POOR — малоземельный малоземельный (о хозяйстве)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAND-POOR — Малоземельный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LAND-POOR — a малоземельный ( о хозяйстве )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAND-POOR — малоземельный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LAND POOR — (a) малоземельный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LAND-POOR — a малоземельный ( о хозяйстве )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LAND-POOR — a малоземельный ( о хозяйстве )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LAND-POOR — малоземельный малоземельный (о хозяйстве)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAND — I In economics, the resource that encompasses the natural resources used in production. In classical economics , the three factors …
Английский словарь Британика
POOR — I. ˈpu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə, esp South, NE, & Brit ˈpōə or ˈpō(ə)r or ˈpȯ(ə) or ˈpȯ(ə)r adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAND — I. ˈland, -aa(ə)nd; when a consonant follows without pause the d is sometimes lost, as in -nz for “lands” and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POOR — — poorness , n. /poor/ , adj., poorer, poorest , n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAND — — landlike , adj. /land/ , n. 1. any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAND — I. ˈland noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lant land, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POOR — superl free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. 2. poor ·superl inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LAND — noun the ground or floor. 2. land ·noun the inhabitants of a nation or people. 3. land ·noun urine. ·see …
Webster English vocab
POOR — [poor] adj [ME poure, fr. OF povre, fr. L pauper; akin to L paucus little and to L parere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POOR — poor BrE AmE pɔː pʊə AmE pʊ ə r pɔːr, poʊr — Preference poll, British English: pɔː 74%, pʊə 26% …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POOR — / pɔː(r); pʊə(r); NAmE pɔːr; pʊr/ adjective ( poor·er , poor·est ) HAVING LITTLE MONEY 1. having very little money; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAND — / lænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SURFACE OF EARTH 1. [ U ] the surface of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOR — poor S1 W1 /pɔː $ pʊr/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative poorer , superlative poorest ) [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAND — I. land 1 S1 W1 /lænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . GROUND [uncountable] an area …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAND — n. & v. --n. 1 the solid part of the earth's surface (opp. SEA, WATER, AIR). 2 a an expanse …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POOR — adj. 1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAND — n. & v. n. 1 the solid part of the earth's surface (opp. SEA, WATER, AIR). 2 a an expanse …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POOR — adj.1 lacking adequate money or means to live comfortably. 2 (foll. by in) deficient in (a possession or quality) (the …
Oxford English vocab
LAND — n. & v. --n. 1. the solid part of the earth's surface (opp. SEA, WATER, AIR). 2 a an expanse …
Oxford English vocab
POOR — ( poorer, poorest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAND — ( lands, landing, landed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Land is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POOR — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad/poor investment ▪ The shares turned out to be a poor investment. a bad/poor/disastrous …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POOR
Cambridge English vocab
LAND — n. Van Diemen's Land Arnhem Land feudal land tenure Franz Josef Land land mine land reform Land's End Land Edwin …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POOR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POOR — n. dirt poor poor relation poor spirited
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — n. Function: adjective 1 lacking money or material possessions FF1C; they were so poor that the children had no winter …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — adjective 1. lacking money or material possessions they were so poor that the children had no winter coats Synonyms: beggared, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAND — I. noun 1 surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ dry ▪ It was good to be on dry ~ again …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POOR — INDEX: 1. having very little money 2. having very little money at the present time 3. having fewer opportunities in …
Longman Activator English vocab
POOR
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POOR
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
POOR — The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7) for the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
POOR — adjective BAD : He gave all his money to the poors. GOOD : He gave all his money to the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
POOR — 1. прил. 1) а) бедный, малоимущий, неимущий Syn : hard up, underprivileged, unemployable, needy, indigent, destitute Ant : privileged, upper-class, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAND — 1. сущ. 1) земля, суша to raise, sight land (from a ship) ≈ приближаться к берегу, увидеть землю (с корабля) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POOR — poor.ogg 1. pʋə n (the poor) собир. бедные, бедняки, беднота; неимущие the poor and the rich - бедные и богатые …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAND — 1) земля; территория; участок 2) почвогрунт 3) сварка фаска, скошенная кромка, притупление кромки 4) отжимной край, отжимной рант ( пресс-формы …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LAND — 1) земля; территория; участок 2) почвогрунт 3) сварка фаска, скошенная кромка, притупление кромки 4) отжимной край, отжимной рант (пресс-формы) 5) режущая кромка (сверла) 6) машиностр. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
POOR — 1) бедный 2) малоплодородный 3) недостаточный 4) незавидный 5) плохой 6) скудный 7) худородный • poor conditioned surface — плохо обусловленная поверхность poor formation of paper — облачность бумаги poor …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LAND — 1) высадить 2) высаживать 3) десантировать 4) земель 5) земельный 6) земля 7) материковый 8) наземный 9) почва 10) приземляться 11) сухопутный • develop virgin land — осваивать целину land airplane downwind — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POOR — 1. pʋə n (the poor) собир. бедные, бедняки, беднота; неимущие the poor and the rich - бедные и богатые 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LAND — 1. lænd n 1. земля, суша ( тж. dry land, firm land) on land - на суше by land - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LAND — 1. сущ. 1) земля, суша to raise, sight land (from a ship) — приближаться к берегу, увидеть землю (с корабля) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LAND — 1. сущ. 1) земля, суша to raise, sight land (from a ship) — приближаться к берегу, увидеть землю (с корабля) to reach land …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POOR — 1. _a. 1> бедный, неимущий, малоимущий; poor peasant - крестьянин-бедняк 2> бедный (чем-л.) (in) 3> несчастный; poor fellow! - бедняга! …
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