FERTILIZER

fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food

(noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fertilizer (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizers)

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

Source: Wiktionary


Fer"ti*lizer, n.

1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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