manure
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2.9
- noun
- /məˈnʊr/
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- Chris Lufkin is the project coordinator of the Manure Management Demonstration Project at Michigan State University.
- manure as fertilizer
- manure for soil
- composted manure
Does not need manure to grow and cultivate.
- Does not need manure to grow and cultivate.
- You must think soil, manure, water, sunlight.
- Long hours, low pay, and a whole lot of manure shoveling.
- And, and, and I'll just cite one example, cattle manure is a is a major environmental waste product.
- Composting organic waste, like doing compost and using manure, are traditional methods to enhance soil fertility.
- You eliminate nitrous oxide from manure decomposition and you eliminate methane from ruminant digestion.
- So I went to a farm and got some fresh cow manure for you to work with.
- Their whole town champagne smells like manure and hot dogs, dude.
- Even a hen knows this, posing on a manure pile, her body a stab of gold.
Examples
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Composting organic waste, like doing compost and using manure, are traditional methods to enhance soil fertility.
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Don't step in horse manure.
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So it's going to help the the manure not dry out so much.
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You must think soil, manure, water, sunlight.
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Does not need manure to grow and cultivate.
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The smell of horse sweat and manure hung in the air like a mist.
Fiction book (1992) -
To safeguard against frost, the farmers applied manure, mostly to insulate their plants.
Academic text (2011) -
A significant source of phosphorus is manure waste from commercial livestock, poultry, and fish farms.
Academic text (1996) -
In spring, she gently turns a layer of composted manure and leaves into the garden soil.
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The farmers applied manure to insulate their plants against frost.
Synonyms
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2.8
The waste animals produce that is often used to fertilize soil
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2.5
A dark, soft mixture made from rotting plants and food that helps plants grow
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3.2
Droppings from horses used to make soil richer
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2.6
A solid waste that cows make and people use as fertilizer or fuel
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1.8
Dung from cows that people put on soil to help plants grow
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3.0
A fertilizer made from chicken droppings that makes soil richer
Compounds
How Fertilizing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word manure comes from the old root manu- meaning 'hand', the same root you see in manual ('by hand'). It first meant work done on the land by hand, and because farmers used animal and plant waste while working the soil, manure came to mean the fertilizer itself.