agr-

¹ American  

1. variant of agro- or agri- before a vowel.

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agr. ² American  

abbreviation

1. agricultural.

2. agriculture.

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agr. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. agricultural

2. agriculture

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AGR ² British  

abbreviation

1. advanced gas-cooled reactor

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Usage

What does agr- mean? Agr- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “field,” "soil," or "crop production." It is very occasionally used in technical terms, especially in agriculture.Agr- is a variant of agro- (from Greek agrós, “tilled land”) or agri- (extracted from agriculture and rooted in the Latin ager, “field”), which loses their -o- or -i-, respectively, when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for agro- and agri-.