fertiliser

«fertiliser» in Mova's school dictionary: A substance added to soil to help plants grow, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fertiliser, fertilisers; fertiliser) — US spelling fertilizer

meaning for a pupil

A substance added to soil to help plants grow, such as manure, compost or chemical pellets. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and gardening: plants need nutrients; fertiliser gives them. Farmers spread fertiliser on fields. Environmental lessons: too much fertiliser can wash into rivers and harm fish and plants. Safety: keep garden fertiliser away from children and pets.

examples

• The farmer spread fertiliser on the field. tree →
• Compost is a natural fertiliser. tree →
• Our tomato plant grew bigger with fertiliser. tree →
• Too much fertiliser can pollute rivers. tree →
• Wash your hands after touching fertiliser. tree →
• Manure is used as fertiliser. tree →

note

UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland: fertiliser; USA and Canada: fertilizer. Countable for types, uncountable for the stuff. Verb: fertilise. In maths: dilution questions — e.g. 10 ml of fertiliser in 1 litre of water.

In the corpora

• So nothing is wasted: summer grass becomes winter food, winter muck becomes spring fertiliser, and the next year starts again.
• Bird droppings piled up for centuries on islands were once mined as a rich fertiliser.
• Farmers add nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to soil as fertiliser to grow more food.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fertiliser» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.