cowpat

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noun

A dropping of cow dung.

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Meanings

nouncowpat (plural cowpats)

plural cowpats · alternative cowpad · alternative cow patty

  1. A dropping of cow dung.

    Unfortunately, every cowpat that is burned as cooking fuel means that no nitrogen is available for use as fertilizer.

    1979, Jack M. Hollander, Melvin K. Simmons, David O. Wood, Annual Review of Energy, →ISBN

    Synonyms: cowflop, cowpie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dropping of cow dung.

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cowflopcowpie

Origin

From cow + pat.

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Translations

Ancient Greek βόλβιτον
  • βόλβιτον (bólbiton)droppings of cow dung
Catalan buina, bonyiga
  • buinadroppings of cow dung
  • bonyigadroppings of cow dung
Dutch mestflat, koeienvlaai
  • mestflatdroppings of cow dung
  • koeienvlaaidroppings of cow dung
Finnish lehmänläjä, lehmänkakka
  • lehmänläjädroppings of cow dung
  • lehmänkakkadroppings of cow dung
French bouse
  • bousedroppings of cow dung
German Kuhfladen
  • Kuhfladendroppings of cow dung
Greek σβουνιά
  • σβουνιά (svouniá)droppings of cow dung
Icelandic kúadella
  • kúadelladroppings of cow dung
Irish bualtrach
  • bualtrachdroppings of cow dung
Korean 쇠똥
  • 쇠똥 (soettong)droppings of cow dung
Polish krowi placek
  • krowi placekdroppings of cow dung
Russian коро́вья лепёшка
  • коро́вья лепёшка (koróvʹja lepjóška)droppings of cow dung
Scottish Gaelic buachar
  • buachardroppings of cow dung
Spanish boñiga, bosta
  • boñigadroppings of cow dung
  • bostadroppings of cow dung
Swedish komocka
  • komockadroppings of cow dung
Welsh bisweilyn, gleuaden
  • bisweilyndroppings of cow dung
  • gleuadendroppings of cow dung
Cite this entry
APA

cowpat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpat

MLA

“cowpat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowpat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpat.

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