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SUBSISTENCE FARMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsistence farming mean? 

SUBSISTENCE FARMING (noun)
  The noun SUBSISTENCE FARMING has 1 sense:

1. farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketingplay

  Familiarity information: SUBSISTENCE FARMING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBSISTENCE FARMING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subsistence farming" is a kind of...):

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)


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