fertilizer

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fertilizer

  • /ˈfɜːtəlaɪzə/ UK
  • /ˈfɜːɹtəlaɪzəɹ/ US

noun fertilizers · fertiliser

  1. countable, uncountable A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants. The farmer spread fertiliser across the fields.
  2. countable, uncountable A chemical compound created to have the same effect.
  3. derogatory, uncountable Human remains, especially obscured or to be forgotten. “Complainant reported being threatened by Trump’s then head of security that, if she ever talked of what went on there or who she saw, he would ”end up as fertilizer for the back nine holes like the other c--ts’,” it continued.

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Closest in meaning: compost, fertiliser, manure, crop, nutrient, soil, feeder, marl, catalyst, fertilization, fertilisation, fertility, nitrate, phosphate, ammonium, fat

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noun a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants

Españolabono orgánico, fertilizante, abono
한국어비료 biryo
日本語肥料 hiryō, 肥 koe, 肥やし koyashi
中文肥料 féiliào
हिन्दीउर्वरक urvarak
Portuguêsfertilizante
Françaisfertilisant, engrais
DeutschDünger, Düngemittel
Italianofertilizzante, concime, letame, stabbio
Ελληνικάλίπασμα lípasma
Românăîngrășământ, fertilizant
Русскийудобре́ние udobrénije, наво́з navóz
Tiếng Việtphân bón, phân
العربيةسَمَاد samād
עבריתדֶשֶׁן déshen

noun a chemical compound created to have the same effect

Españolfertilizante
日本語化学肥料 kagaku-hiryō
中文化肥 huàféi
Portuguêsfertilizante
Françaisfertilisant
DeutschHandelsdünger
Ελληνικάλίπασμα lípasma
Românăfertilizator, îngrășământ
Русскийудобре́ние udobrénije
Tiếng Việtphân bón
עבריתדשן deshen

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@misc{fertilizer_2026,
  title = {fertilizer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fertilizer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}