shifting cultivation
An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then…An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable