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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x1)
- Compost is a natural fertiliser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x2)
- Our tomato plant grew bigger with fertiliser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x3)
- Too much fertiliser can pollute rivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x4)
- Wash your hands after touching fertiliser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x5)
- Manure is used as fertiliser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/7/)
- [Bird droppings piled up for centuries on islands were once mined as a rich fertiliser.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/14/)
- [Farmers add nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to soil as fertiliser to grow more food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/56-soil/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fertiliser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertiliser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.