fertilizer
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- noun
- /ˈfɜːrtəlaɪzər/
- US
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fertilizante
- It's a slow release fertilizer, so you will work it in at the base of the plant.
- apply fertilizer
- fertilizer use
- fertilizer application
Ammonium nitrate is both a fertilizer and an explosive.
- 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
- Specialized
A product with living helpful bacteria added to seeds, soil, or plants to help them get nutrients and grow
- Specialized
A fertilizer that gives plants small amounts of boron to help them grow
How Natural
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.