FERTILIZER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

fertilizer

noun

Definition of fertilizer next

as in manure

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Recent Examples of fertilizer Further food cost increases could be impacted by higher fertilizer prices because of the Iran war, but they may not be fully felt until next year, Ortega said. —

Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Their guano is mined from caves for fertilizer. —

The Conversation, Fortune, 14 May 2026 Iran has largely blocked the strategic waterway that’s key to the global flow of oil, natural gas and fertilizer since the war began, rattling world markets. —

Jon Gambrell, Twin Cities, 11 May 2026 Dust blowing off the Sahara Desert could act like airborne fertilizer. —

Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fertilizer

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Noun

The smell of manure and dirt wafted in the humid air.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The primary sources of nitrates in groundwater are from livestock manure and other nitrogen-rich fertilizers placed on crops by farmers and ranchers, experts said.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026