Word forms: plural fertilizersregional note: in BRIT, also use fertiliser
variable noun
Fertilizer is a substance such as solid animal waste or a chemical mixture that you spread on the ground in order to make plants grow more successfully.
...farming without any purchased chemical, fertilizer or pesticide.
Work in a balanced fertiliser before planting.
Synonyms: compost, muck, manure, dung More Synonyms of fertilizer
fertilizer in British English
or fertiliser (ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzə)
noun
1.
any substance, such as manure or a mixture of nitrates, added to soil or water to increase its productivity
2.
an object or organism such as an insect that fertilizes an animal or plant
fertilizer in American English
(ˈfɜrtəlˌaɪzər)
noun
a person or thing that fertilizes; specif., any material, as manure, chemicals, etc.,put on or in the soil to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth
Examples of 'fertilizer' in a sentence
fertilizer
She would deliver anything from a small parcel to pallets of fertilizer or drums of fuel or even schoolchildren.
Lunnon-Wood, Mike LET NOT THE DEEP (2002)
Within, I saw bags of fertilizer - undoubtedly, the source of the decaying, musty smell.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
The gravedigger named Freddy was sitting on the grass at the side of the shed, his back against a fertilizer bag.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
She turned left at a junction and passed a chiropractor, a fertilizer distributor and a mail-order Tarot card company.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
In other languages
fertilizer
British English: fertilizer /ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzə/ NOUN
Fertilizer is a substance that you spread on the ground to make plants grow more successfully.
American English: fertilizer
Arabic: سَماد
Brazilian Portuguese: adubo
Chinese: 肥料
Croatian: gnojivo
Czech: hnojivo umělé
Danish: gødning
Dutch: kunstmest
European Spanish: fertilizante
Finnish: lannoite
French: engrais
German: Düngemittel
Greek: λίπασμα
Italian: fertilizzante
Japanese: 肥料
Korean: 비료
Norwegian: gjødsel
Polish: nawóz
European Portuguese: adubo
Romanian: îngrășământ
Russian: удобрение
Latin American Spanish: abono
Swedish: gödsel
Thai: ปุ๋ย
Turkish: gübre
Ukrainian: добриво
Vietnamese: phân bón
Chinese translation of 'fertilizer'
fertilizer
(ˈfəːtɪlaɪzəʳ)
n(c/u)
(for plants, land) 肥料 (féiliào) (袋, dài)
(noun)
Definition
any substance, such as manure, added to soil to increase its productivity