fertilizer
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- noun
- /ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzər/
- US
- It's a slow release fertilizer, so you will work it in at the base of the plant.
- apply fertilizer
- fertilizer use
- fertilizer application
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- Ammonium nitrate is both a fertilizer and an explosive.
- It is hands down the best fertilizer I have ever used.
- And that is top dressing fertilizer in tiny cells like these.
- Most of the time it ends up in landfill, or it is turned into fertilizer for crops.
- Manure is a fucking big time fertilizer.
Examples
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Now, 70 years ago the soil in this area was depleted by industrial farming and in order to fix it, they added fertilizer.
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Most of the time it ends up in landfill, or it is turned into fertilizer for crops.
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The couple are going to use it for fertilizer to plant a lovely tree for their baby.
Fiction book (1995) -
I want you to get me some warm mud, and a bag of fertilizer OK?
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It is hands down the best fertilizer I have ever used.
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When the rains come this winter, the ashes will act as a fertilizer for the soil.
Fiction book (1998) -
Meanwhile, moving among the crops, teams of field robots apply fertilizer in targeted doses.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused energy, food and fertilizer prices to skyrocket.
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The overuse of pesticide and fertilizer is one of the main contaminants for water pollution.
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Farmers often apply fertilizer to improve the soil and increase crop yields.
Synonyms
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A substance added to soil or water to feed plants and help them grow
Compounds
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Material from plants or animals that people add to soil to help plants grow
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A product made from rocks that adds nutrients to soil for plants
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A product with living helpful bacteria added to seeds, soil, or plants to help them get nutrients and grow
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A fertilizer that gives plants small amounts of boron to help them grow
How Natural
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fertilizer comes from the word fertile, which comes from the Latin fertilis meaning 'fruitful'. So a fertilizer is something you add to soil to make it 'fruitful' and help plants grow.