kweek

Definitions of kweek
  1. noun
    (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
    synonyms: bouw, cultuur, grondbewerking, teelt, teling, verbouw
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    apicultuur, bijenteelt, imkerij
    the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
    agricultuur, akkerbouw, boerenbedrijf, landbouw, landbouwbedrijf
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    aankweek, bacteriecultuur, bacteriekweek, cultuur
    the raising of plants or animals
    veehouderij, veeteelt
    breeding and caring for farm animals
    boomkwekerij, pepinière
    the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
    grondbewerking
    the cultivation of soil for raising crops
    zuivelindustrie
    the business of a dairy
    horticultuur, hortologie, tuinbouw, tuinbouwkunde, tuinderij
    the cultivation of plants
    aquacultuur, hydrocultuur, watercultuur
    a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
    type of:
    fabricage, fabricatie, productie, produktie, vervaardiging
    (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
  2. noun
    the raising of plants or animals
    synonyms: aankweek, bacteriecultuur, bacteriekweek, cultuur
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    types:
    grondbewerking
    the cultivation of soil for raising crops
    type of:
    bouw, cultuur, grondbewerking, teelt, teling, verbouw
    (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
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