Front | crop |
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Back | noun, verbBrE /krɒp/NAmE /krɑːp/ noun plants for food 1 [countable] a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as foodSugar is an important crop on the island. crop rotation/production/yield The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides. 2 [countable] the amount of grain, fruit, etc. that is grown in one season harvesta fall in this year's coffee crop We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one). group of people 3 [singular] a ~ of sth a group of people who do sth at the same time; a number of things that happen at the same timethe current crop of trainees She is really the cream of the crop (= the best in her group). a crop of disasters/injuries |
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