as in soil
solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants
a bag of cow manure
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Recent Examples of manure
Examples of organic lawn fertilizers include cottonseed meal, seaweed, bone meal, blood meal, and various animal manures.
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
An egg farm that houses 7.5 million hens generates hundreds of millions of pounds of manure each year.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Amend soil prior to planting with compost or aged manure.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Consider tilling compost or composted manure into the planting bed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
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Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
An egg farm that houses 7.5 million hens generates hundreds of millions of pounds of manure each year.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Amend soil prior to planting with compost or aged manure.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Consider tilling compost or composted manure into the planting bed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
Noun
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In Soggy Soil Slow-draining soil presents a host of problems for tomato plants.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
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Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the insects are known for rolling balls of dung and then laying their eggs in them, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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To anyone sane who respects basic American norms and traditions, these firms are doing their job — and the abuse of executive power to treat them roughly as one might a terrorist organization is to cast the rule of law into a dung heap.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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The war settled into a brutal battle of attrition with limited movement along a frontline stretching for 600 miles through muck of eastern Ukraine.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Clippers’ success lately isn’t just stemming from them making games ugly with their defense and slogging through the muck.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Constipation is a digestive symptom that makes passing your stool difficult or painful.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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The stool started as a bench, changing in scale and shape as Mr. Béhar’s and Zanat’s artisans worked together.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Trump has drawn some ire from veterans after hundreds of former service members have been fired from their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) posts as part of Trump's effort to downsize the government and reduce waste.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Currently, 81 green vehicles handle recycling collection—accounting for 87.5% of total waste.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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