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pasture | American Dictionary

pasture
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈpæs·tʃər/
land covered with grass or similar plants suitable for animals, such as cows and sheep, to eat:
[ C ]The best places to find bluebirds are open pastures.

Examples of pasture

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The migrations from winter pastures to summer pastures were particularly dangerous.
The results suggest that common property performs more poorly on average milk production than do owner-operated private pastures.
The local-regional species richness relationship was assessed over relatively fine scales: quadrats (= local scale) and within pastures (= regional scale).
Apparently, the abbey had suffered from the loss of seasonal pastures, a recurring but disastrous phenomenon.
Where wood pastures became parks, old rights of way, at least, were apparently preserved.
On the other hand, pastures and salt may specifically attract females who have to fill specific physiological needs during pregnancy and lactation.
Cryptosporidial infections have been linked epidemiologically to run-off from nearby fields, pastures and other areas of livestock or wildlife activity.
One farmer may fairly claim little impact in his pastures, while on another farm nearby there could be disaster.
They now recognize the need for new pastures.
The savanna is frequently interrupted by patches of pastures, crops, shrubs and gallery forests along the rivers, giving a mosaic appearance to the landscape.
The forest fragments were isolated in the early 1980s by creating cattle pastures.
In woodlands, nutrient cycling is steady but slow compared with the faster rate of cycling in cleared pastures.
A high number of seeds from fleshy-fruited species are dispersed to pastures by both birds and bats.
The site lies at the interface of several thousand ha regenerating forest 1-80-y-old, pastures, and 10 000 ha of primary forest.
Typical examples include fisheries, forests for wood or fuelwood, hunting grounds, and pastures.
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acres of pasture
These have been levelled and contoured to provide 100 acres of pasture land and 40 acres of woodland.
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