manure
noun/məˈnjʊə(r)/
/məˈnʊr/
[uncountable]- the waste matter from animals that is spread over or mixed with the soil to help plants and crops grow synonym dung
- Dig plenty of well-rotted manure into the soil.
- the best time to spread manure on the fields
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- chicken
- cow
- …
- apply
- spread
- production
- application
- disposal
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘cultivate (land)’): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer , from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari ‘to work’. The noun sense dates from the mid 16th cent.
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