Meanings
nounfertilizer (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizers)
plural fertilizers · alternative UK fertiliser
- derogatoryuncountableHuman 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.
2026 January 30, Farrah Tomazin, “Woman Told FBI Trump Abused Her at 13, Epstein Files Reveal”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026Synonyms: worm food
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nounHuman remains, especially obscured or to be forgotten.
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biofertilizerchemical fertilizerorganic fertilizerinorganic fertilizermineral fertilizersynthetic fertilizermanureguano
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nounany substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
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Arabic سَمَاد
- سَمَاد (samād)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Bengali সার
- সার (śar)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Bulgarian тор, изку́ствен тор
- тор (tor)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- изку́ствен тор (izkústven tor)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Catalan adob, adob
- adoba natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- adoba chemical compound created to have the same effect
Chinese Mandarin 肥料, 化肥
- 肥料 (féiliào)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- 化肥 (huàféi)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Czech hnojivo
- hnojivoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Danish gødning, kunstgødning
- gødninga natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- kunstgødninga chemical compound created to have the same effect
Dutch mest, kunstmest
- mesta natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- kunstmesta chemical compound created to have the same effect
Esperanto sterko, sterkaĵo
- sterkoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- sterkaĵoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- ĥemia fekundiloa chemical compound created to have the same effect
- kemia fekundiloa chemical compound created to have the same effect
Estonian väetis
- väetisa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Finnish lannoite, lannoite
- lannoitea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- lannoitea chemical compound created to have the same effect
- apulantaa chemical compound created to have the same effect
- keinolannoitea chemical compound created to have the same effect
- mineraalilannoitea chemical compound created to have the same effect
French fertilisant, engrais
- fertilisanta natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- engraisa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilisanta chemical compound created to have the same effect
German Dünger, Düngemittel
- Düngera natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- Düngemittela natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- Handelsdüngera chemical compound created to have the same effect
Greek λίπασμα, λίπασμα
- λίπασμα (lípasma)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- λίπασμα (lípasma)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Hawaiian mea hoʻomomona lepo, mea hoʻomomona lepo
- mea hoʻomomona lepoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- mea hoʻomomona lepoa chemical compound created to have the same effect
Hebrew דֶשֶׁן, דשן
- דֶשֶׁן (déshen)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- דשן (deshen)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Hindi उर्वरक
- उर्वरक (urvarak)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Hungarian trágya, műtrágya
- trágyaa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- műtrágyaa chemical compound created to have the same effect
Icelandic áburður
- áburðura natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Indonesian pupuk
- pupuka natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Irish leasú
- leasúa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Italian fertilizzante, concime
- fertilizzantea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- concimea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- letamea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- stabbioa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Japanese 肥料, 肥
- 肥料 (hiryō)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- 肥 (koe)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- 肥やし (koyashi)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- 化学肥料 (kagaku-hiryō)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Korean 비료
- 비료 (biryo)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Latvian mēsli, kūtsmēsli
- mēslia natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- kūtsmēslia natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- mēslojumsa chemical compound created to have the same effect
Lithuanian trąša
- trąšaa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Malay baja
- bajaa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Māori wairākau, wairākau
- wairākaua natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- wairākaua chemical compound created to have the same effect
Norwegian Bokmål gjødsel, kunstgjødsel
- gjødsela natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- kunstgjødsela chemical compound created to have the same effect
- mineralgjødsela chemical compound created to have the same effect
Polish nawóz, nawóz
- nawóza natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- nawóza chemical compound created to have the same effect
Portuguese fertilizante, fertilizante
- fertilizantea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilizantea chemical compound created to have the same effect
Romanian îngrășământ, fertilizant
- îngrășământa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilizanta natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilizatora chemical compound created to have the same effect
- îngrășământa chemical compound created to have the same effect
Russian удобре́ние, наво́з
- удобре́ние (udobrénije)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- наво́з (navóz)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- удобре́ние (udobrénije)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Scottish Gaelic leasachadh, todhar
- leasachadha natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- todhara natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- leasachadha chemical compound created to have the same effect
Slovak hnojivo
- hnojivoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Spanish abono orgánico, fertilizante
- abono orgánicoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilizantea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- abonoa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- fertilizantea chemical compound created to have the same effect
Swedish gödsel, konstgödsel
- gödsela natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- konstgödsela chemical compound created to have the same effect
Tagalog pataba
- patabaa natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Thai ปุ๋ย, ปุ๋ย
- ปุ๋ย (bpǔi)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- ปุ๋ย (bpǔi)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Turkish gübre, kön
- gübrea natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- köna natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- yapay gübrea chemical compound created to have the same effect
- suni gübrea chemical compound created to have the same effect
Ukrainian до́бриво, мінера́льне до́бриво
- до́бриво (dóbryvo)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- мінера́льне до́бриво (minerálʹne dóbryvo)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
- міндо́бриво (mindóbryvo)a chemical compound created to have the same effect
Urdu کھاد
- کھاد (khād)a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
Vietnamese phân bón, phân
- phân bóna natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- phâna natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
- phân bóna chemical compound created to have the same effect
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APA
fertilizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilizer
MLA
“fertilizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fertilizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilizer.
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