noun
Refers to a farm implement used for secondary tillage, breaking up soil and removing weeds. The same term is used for the machine and sometimes for a person who cultivates, though the machine sense is primary.
農家は新しいカルチベーターを買った。
The farmer bought a new cultivator.
カルチベーターで畑の土を耕す。
I till the field soil with a cultivator.