manure
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
any natural or artificial substance for fertilizing the soil.
to treat (land) with fertilizing matter; apply manure to.
Origin of manure
1Other words from manure
- ma·nur·er, noun
- ma·nu·ri·al, adjective
- ma·nu·ri·al·ly, adverb
- well-ma·nured, adjective
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How to use manure in a sentence
It’s early October and I am clearing the farm right now, and putting in manure from the cows.
How hybrid maize helps farmers get through dry spells | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewHe pointed to an existing Chevron project in Australia that involves taking carbon dioxide emissions and storing them underground, and another that transforms methane from dairy cow manure into natural gas.
The region is crisscrossed by ancient trade routes well-trod by horses, so the researchers say horse manure may have been common.
Giant pandas may roll in horse poop to feel warm | Jonathan Lambert | December 7, 2020 | Science NewsI’m paying with manure because manure can be used for organic farming, which is healthier for humans and for the planet.
The fight to stop the next pandemic starts in the jungles of Borneo | Brian Barth | December 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI followed Mahira’s lead as we walked on a sandy trail passing cattle and hens, women drying cow and buffalo manure in front of their houses and on their walls, children playing around, and men fixing broken roofs or rebuilding their houses.
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Fresh manure was always around, but I ignored it, as Anne must have done at Green Gables.
Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature | Malcolm Jones | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI went to get a bag of horse manure and I make it liquid, like a porridge, and then ... bam!
Much of what they like to eat is stuff we throw out anyway: wood chips, manure and trash.
Forget the Starbucks Backlash—We Should Be Eating More Bugs | Daniel Stone | April 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlso, Seoul will move to cut off its recent shipments of rice and manure to the North.
The substance so used is called a special manure; that containing all the constituents of the crop is a general manure.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonWhat is true of the nitrogenous matters applies with still greater force to the mineral constituents of the manure.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonWell rotten dung, which had been kept in the manure heap upwards of six months.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonIn this case, during the winter six months, which were very dry, the manure lost 541·8 lbs.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonWhen the food is rich in nitrogenous compounds, the value of the manure is considerably increased.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for manure
/ (məˈnjʊə) /
animal excreta, usually with straw, used to fertilize land
mainly British any material, esp chemical fertilizer, used to fertilize land
(tr) to spread manure upon (fields or soil)
Origin of manure
1Derived forms of manure
- manurer, noun
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