Word of the Day

Culture:
1. The act of tilling and preparing the earth for crops; cultivation; the application of labor or other means of improvement.
We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
Pope.

2. The application of labor or other means to improve good qualities in, growth; as the culture of the mind, the culture of virtue.
3. The application of labor or other means in producing; as the culture of corn, or grass.
4. Any labor or means employed for improvement, correction, or growth.

-Noah Webster’s Dictionary 1828

Culture:
1. The sum total of attainments and activities of any specific period, race, or people; civilization: the culture of the ancient Greeks.
2. The knowledge, good taste, refinement, etc., acquired by training the mind and faculties.
3. Development or improvement, as of the mind or body, by special care, training etc. Physical culture, voice culture.
4. Bacteriol a. The proliferation of a specific microorganism in a specially prepared nutrient.
5. The cultivation or raising of a plant or animal.
6. Cultivation of the soil; tillage.

-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 2002
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