weed-killer

A form of weedkiller — A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).

Meanings

nounweed-killer (countable and uncountable, plural weed-killers)

plural weed-killers

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of weedkiller.

    There is no doubt that a few months ago Creake deliberately planned to poison her with some weed-killer.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
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