What does husbandry mean?
Word: Husbandry
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Husbandry means the work of farming, especially caring for farm animals and crops. It can also mean the careful use of money or resources.
Synonyms: cultivation
How do you spell husbandry?
Syllables: hus - band - ry
Tricky part: Husband keeps its own spelling, with an a in band, not an e.
Watch out for: husbendry, husbantry, husbundry
Memory tip: Long ago a husband was the person who ran a house and farm, and the farm work he did was called husbandry.
Husbandry in a sentence
Example 1: Animal husbandry is an important source of income for farmers in Haryana.
Example 2: My cousin is studying dairy husbandry so he can run the family cowshed better.
Example 3: Careful husbandry of water helped the village get through the dry summer.
Fun Fact
Animal husbandry is huge in India: the country produces more milk than any other, mostly from small farmers with just a few animals.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
husband____
a) ary
b) ry
c) rey
d) ery
Show answer
b) ry. Husband takes just ry, with no extra vowel in between.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
husbandry
a) farming
b) wastage
c) hunting
d) trading
Show answer
a) farming. Husbandry is farming done with care; wastage is nearer to the opposite.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rabndushy
a) husbandry
b) husbands
c) sundry
d) hydrants
Show answer
a) husbandry. Husbands would want a second s, hydrants a t, and sundry is far too short, so the nine letters make husbandry.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) poultry
b) husbandry
c) cattel
d) fodder
Show answer
c) cattel. Cattle ends in le, like bottle; poultry, fodder and husbandry are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job falls outside animal husbandry?
a) shearing the sheep
b) hunting wild deer
c) vaccinating goats
d) milking the cows
Show answer
b) hunting wild deer
2. Which person shows good husbandry in its second sense?
a) a girl who saves part of her pocket money
b) a boy who spends all his prize money at once
c) a cook who throws away half the rice
d) a family that leaves every light switched on
Show answer
a) a girl who saves part of her pocket money
