windrow
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- noun
- /ˈwɪndroʊ/
- Specialized
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hilera
- Lastly, leaves were placed on top of the bedding and crab, and windrows were turned and mixed.
- windrow turner
- windrow composting facilities
- aerated windrows
Examples
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"All we do is add water and turn the windrows with a front-end loader," notes Riley.
Academic text (1999) -
As Craul advised, it was placed in windrows and turned every few days until it matured.
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At that point, the volume of the windrow had decreased by about 50 percent.
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Paper products at the edge of the windrow were reincorporated as needed.
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Forty-seven percent of farmers with a turned windrow system use specific windrow turning equipment.
Academic text (1995) -
Sugarbush employees will turn the windrow and add water to it until the materials have composted.
Academic text (1995) -
Temperature sampling began immediately, and each windrow was monitored daily for temperature development, pile shrinking, and moisture content.
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Feedstocks are composted in outdoor windrows for approximately six months and cured for an additional two months.
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The city also composts yard trimmings outside in windrows that are aerated with a Wildcat turner.
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The farmer created a long windrow of hay in the field to dry before collecting it.
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Etymology
Windrow comes from the two simple words wind and row, and it pictures a long 'row' of cut crops or grass left in a field so the 'wind' can dry them. That's why a windrow is a long line of hay, leaves, or snow left to dry or be collected.