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FERTILIZER

Pronunciation (US):

• FERTILIZER (noun)
The noun FERTILIZER has 1 sense:

1. any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile

Familiarity information: FERTILIZER used as a noun is very rare.

• FERTILIZER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food

Hypernyms ("fertilizer" is a kind of...):

chemical; chemical substance (produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)

Meronyms (substance of "fertilizer"):

soda niter; sodium nitrate ((NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

niter; nitre; potassium nitrate; saltpeter; saltpetre ((KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

ammonium nitrate (used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fertilizer"):

organic; organic fertiliser; organic fertilizer (a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter)

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(English proverb)
"If heat is applied to iron long enough it will melt; if cold is applied to water long enough it will freeze."
(Bhutanese proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Lies have twisted limbs."
(Corsican proverb)

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