manure

noun

Definition of manurenext
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 Mix compost or aged manure into your garden before planting. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025 Organic additions of rich soil and manures decompose rapidly and soon the soil is mainly sand again. — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025 Organic fertilizers are derived from plant or animal products such as manure, bone and blood meals, composted plant material, or fish meal. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025 Bossa is covering all the certification, animal manure, and compost tea costs and paying the family a 20 percent upcharge for the cotton. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for manure
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  1. soil
  2. dung
  3. muck
  4. stool
  5. waste
Noun
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key Kremlin ally who allowed Russia to launch its invasion of Ukraine partially from Belarusian soil, is also in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Once in the country they can be moved about on plants and produce, soil, logs, firewood, and mulch.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Definition of dung
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  • When the trucks don’t arrive in time at a sewage plant near Cutler Bay, the smell from 350 tons of tarry black muck leftover from the daily processing of human waste can spread.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • There are accounts of brown, swirling muck near the landfill, of barrels leaching amber ooze into the grasses and ground.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of muck
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  • The half dome flush mount lights above are from Cuff Studio, while the wooden stools are from Kalon Studios.
    — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Garden Stools Garden stools look beautiful styled all throughout the home, both inside and out.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of stool
Noun
  • Oz's priorities for Medicare and Medicaid Oz outlined a vision for the agency focused in large part on modernizing its systems and tools, addressing waste and fraud and incentivizing Americans to make healthier lifestyle choices.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats strongly oppose Musk's work with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has slashed federal spending and cut staff under its mission to tackle waste and fraud.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of waste

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