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Meaning of "oyster farming" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF OYSTER FARMING

ˈɔɪstə ˈfɑːmɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OYSTER FARMING

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Oyster farming is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OYSTER FARMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oyster farming

Oyster farming is an aquaculture practice in which oysters are raised for human consumption. Oyster farming most likely developed in tandem with pearl farming, a similar practice in which oysters are farmed for the purpose of developing pearls. It was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula and later in Britain for export to Rome. The French oyster industry has relied on aquacultured oysters since the late 18th century.

Definition of oyster farming in the English dictionary

The definition of oyster farming in the dictionary is the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OYSTER FARMING

alarming · aquafarming · arming · assuming · calming · charming · consuming · disarming · dreaming · embalming · farming · grooming · performing · pharming · qualming · screaming · self-harming · streaming · unharming · warming

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OYSTER FARMING

oyster · oyster bank · oyster bed · oyster crab · oyster cracker · oyster farm · oyster mushroom · oyster park · oyster pink · oyster plant · oyster shell · oyster stew · oyster white · oyster-pink · oyster-white · oystercatcher · oysterer · oystering · oysterman · oystermen

WORDS THAT END LIKE OYSTER FARMING

barnstorming · becoming · brainstorming · factory farming · fish farming · global warming · gold farming · heart-warming · house-warming · hydroforming · intensive farming · mixed farming · organic farming · poultry farming · Prince Charming · sheep farming · squirming · steam reforming · storming · subsistence farming · terraforming

Synonyms and antonyms of oyster farming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oyster farming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OYSTER FARMING

Find out the translation of oyster farming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of oyster farming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oyster farming» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

牡蛎养殖
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

el cultivo de ostras
570 millions of speakers
en

English

oyster farming
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सीप खेती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زراعة المحار
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

разведение устриц
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ostreicultura
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঝিনুক চাষ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

l´ostréiculture
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pertanian tiram
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Austernzucht
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

カキ養殖
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

굴 양식
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pertanian tiram
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nuôi hàu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிப்பி விவசாயிகள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ऑईस्टर शेती
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Istiridye yetiştiriciliği
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

allevamento di ostriche
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

hodowla ostryg
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

розведення устриць
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

creșterea stridiilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οστρεοκαλλιέργεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oester boerdery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ostronodling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

østers oppdrett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oyster farming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OYSTER FARMING»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oyster farming

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OYSTER FARMING»

Discover the use of oyster farming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oyster farming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm
Documents the experiences of an aquaculture-illiterate food and lifestyle writer who convinced the mostly male crew at Massachusetts's Island Creek Oysters to let her work with them for a year, describing the process of getting oysters from ...
Erin Byers Murray, 2013
2
The Long Island Sound: A History of Its People, Places, and ...
15 Dwight 's fears might have been justified had it not been for the switchover to oyster farming. So complete was this transformation that by 1886 Eugene G. Blackford, of the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission, noted: "The  ...
Marilyn E. Weigold, 2004
3
Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Policies and Summary ...
Oyster farming turnover amounted to EUR 225.2 million, and that of mussel farming to EUR 88.1 million. In 2001, there were 52 600 concessions in the public maritime domain, representing 18 100 hectares for oyster farming and 1 570 km of ...
OECD, 2003
4
Pearl Oyster Health Management: A Manual
The first and pioneering publication was the Pearl Oyster Farming and Culture, an output prepared for the Pearl Oyster Farming Training Course (Training Manual 8) conducted by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute at Tuticorin, ...
Melba G. Bondad-Reantaso, Sharon Elizabeth McGladdery, Franck C. J. Berthe, 2007
5
The Oyster
No place in the world is better suited for oyster-farming. We have hundreds of thousands of acres which are most valuable for this purpose, and experiments have siiown that there is no part of the bay where new beds might not ultimately be ...
William K. Brooks, 1891
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Oyster Culture: Fishing News Books Series
O'Sullivan, D. (1993) Oyster farming in Australia. World Aquaculture, 24, 32–42. 6.12. Dinamani, P. (1971) Occurrence of the Japanerse oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), in Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and ...
George C. Matthiessen, 2008
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
In the case of an individual on a calendar year basis: (i) If at least two- thirds of the individual's total estimated gross income from all sources for the calendar year is from farming or fishing (including oyster farming), or (ii) If at least two- thirds of ...
United States, 2002
8
Agriculture & Fishery Technology Iv' 2005 Ed.
Interested parties are encouraged to engage in either small- or commercial-scale oyster farming. An oyster is a bivalve mollusk that has a soft unsegmented body protected by a hard shell that is never shed off but accumulates layer upon layer  ...
J. Dagoon
9
A History of Food
Oyster-farming is only one branch of shellfish-farming in general, which covers the culture of all edible shellfish. This is definitely farming rather than fishing; shellfish farmers are the peasants of the sea. From the dawn of time to the middle of ...
Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, 2009
10
Harvesting the Sea: The Exploitation of Marine Resources in ...
More unlikely is the suggestion that the 'invention' of the hypocaust was applied by Orata not so much to baths but to heated ponds for oysters.67 It is true that temperature, as in the case of fish farming, is important in oyster farming, for growth ...
Annalisa Marzano, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OYSTER FARMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oyster farming is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Councillors to contact minister over Linsfort Beach
She said local people had “nothing against oyster farming” or the developers but were concerned at its location. She pointed out how there ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
2
New Video Shows How Japan's Urato Islands Are Bouncing Back …
... of Urato have been recovering in the years since the disaster and are working to revitalize traditional industries such as oyster farming. «Global Voices Online, Jul 15»
3
Discover the wonders of Central America and Mexico with Trafalgar
They will also learn all about the Cultural Insight of pearl oyster farming, grading and quality selection. The highlight of this trip is boarding a rail ... «Wire Service Canada, Jul 15»
4
Something called 'off-bottom cultivation' might transform way you eat …
Advocate staff photo by Ian McNulty -Off-bottom cultivation is a more costly, labor-intensive method of oyster farming that can produces oysters ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
5
Kennebunk Resident receives Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's …
... Safe Haven Humane Society, Pope's Creek Oyster Farming, Wells Elks Lodge, Chainsaw Artist Josh Turner and the Maine Warden Service. «York County Coast Star, Jul 15»
6
Fish Facts: Aussie permit
During the heyday of oyster farming in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Queensland, oysterers working in Hervey Bay noticed their leases ... «Fishing World, Jul 15»
7
Region's oysters on the menu for fresh research
INNOVATION: Leading research into on-land oyster farming is Southern Cross University's National Marine Science Centre aquaculture ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jul 15»
8
Citizens bring science to the table in effort to Save Beach Cove
... 19 of the 24 one-acre proposed oyster farming plots … are in violation of DNREC's Shellfish Sanitation Regulations,” the report concluded. «Coastal Point, Jul 15»
9
Entrepreneur seeking investor for huge Scottish oyster farming project
Alan MacKenzie, a member of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers, holds the rights to both mussel and oyster farming sites in the body ... «Undercurrent News, Jul 15»
10
50th Anniversary for Tim and Daphne Motum
Having spent nearly all his life in Tea Gardens, Tim grew up in an Oyster Farming family before leaving home for the big smoke. Tim returned ... «Myall Coast News, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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