C2adjectiveformalnatureenvironment
US/ˈfæl.oʊ/
UK/ˈfæl.əʊ/
describes farmland left unplanted for a season so the soil can recover
In context
The farmer left half of the field fallow to let the soil recover.
Fallow land can quickly fill with weeds if nobody looks after it.
After the drought, thousands of acres lay fallow for two years.
Words that go with fallow
verb + adjective
- lie fallowThe field has lain fallow since the war.
- leave land fallowFarmers leave land fallow every third year.
- go fallowMany rice paddies have gone fallow as young people leave.
adjective + noun
- fallow landFallow land helps restore nutrients in the soil.
- fallow fieldBirds nest in the fallow fields in spring.