HyperDic: tank_farming

English > 1 sense of the expression tank farming:
NOUNacttank farming, hydroponics, aquiculturea technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
English > tank farming: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.
Synonymshydroponics, aquiculture
Narrowerdrip cultureA hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing
Broaderfarming, agriculture, husbandryThe practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Spanishhidroponia, hidroponía
Catalanhidroponia

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