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FERTILIZER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
Synonyms:
fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fertilizer" is a kind of...):
chemical; chemical substance (material 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)
Derivation:
fertilize (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to)
fertilize (make fertile or productive)
Context examples:
Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation.
(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)
A toxic, corrosive, colorless liquid used to make fertilizers, dyes, explosives, and other chemicals.
(Nitric acid, NCI Dictionary)
This mineral is used as a metal-impregnated catalyst, as a fertilizer, to control odors in livestock production and is used in animal feed, pet litter and horticultural applications.
(Erionite, NCI Thesaurus)
The generated hydrogen could serve as both a transportation fuel and a critical feedstock for fertilizer and chemical production.
(Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production, National Science Foundation)
Is there even such a thing as a healthy plant microbiome in today's agricultural fields, with acres of identical plants assaulted by pesticides and herbicides and fertilizers?
(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)
The seeds were protected from beetles and provided with an effective, natural fertilizer and were able to survive and grow into seedlings.
(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)
Really ambitious technological changes and improvements in management are essential to avoid crossing planetary boundaries for land use, water use and fertilizer application.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
Orchard caretakers told the team that different nutrients and fertilizers were sprayed on the trees before flowering.
(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)
When excess artificial fertilizer from crops, or manure from the meat industry, runs off the land and into rivers and seas, it feeds algae which bloom and then cause oxygen depletion as they decompose.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The study also found that the urban heat island effect, the phenomenon in which cities are warmer than their surroundings, is not the only culprit behind the shift, suggesting that other aspects of urbanization, such as pollution, changes in humidity and fertilizer runoff, may also influence plants' seasonal patterns.
(Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions, National Science Foundation)
