noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chemical fertilizer (= chemicals to help plants grow )
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Many crops are grown with chemical fertilizers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artificial
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Paradoxically the ecological problems deriving from the application of artificial fertilizers are often equally complex and extensive.
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Controversy has also surrounded the long-term effects of artificial fertilizer on the soil structure.
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All the soil does is hold the plants upright, while the crop is fed with artificial fertilizers .
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They have thus become the animal equivalents of the plants which are force-fed with artificial fertilizers and sprayed with herbicides and pesticides.
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The largest industrial concerns were electronics, computer assembly, artificial fertilizers , machinery, metalworking and textiles.
chemical
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Without earthworms and other soil life, no amount of cultivations and chemical fertilizers will build and sustain true structure and fertility.
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The other was an agricultural revolution based on chemical fertilizers , irrigation, and improved seed strains that dramatically expanded food supplies.
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It's based on chemical fertilizer , I've bags of the stuff.
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Another useful salt is plain old chemical fertilizer .
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The long-term dangers of land degradation from irrigation and chemical fertilizers are growing.
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The colonial world can be hit by a shortage in chemical fertilizers .
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I suppose such things were happy on our land because we never put chemical fertilizers on it.
■ VERB
use
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Phosphorus is a nutrient used in fertilizer that helps plants grow.
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The Azollablue-green alga combination fixes atmospheric nitrogen and is widely used as fertilizer and as forage.
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And the smell of excrement, used as fertilizer , permeated the air.
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When I do fertilize the plants you mention, I use a high-phosphorus fertilizer .
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In addition to improving soil conditions and nutrients with organic matter, use organic fertilizers such as fish emulsion or liquefied seaweed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spread seeds/manure/fertilizer
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fertilizer encourages weeds as well as crops to grow, so the increasing use of fertilizer promotes the increasing use of selective herbicides.
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Agriculturally, they had the structures necessary to mine fertilizers and annually spread them on their fields.
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An application of a balanced fertilizer once a month generally is adequate, but some gardeners apply diluted applications more often.
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I would apply a balanced fertilizer periodically.
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Others say that exporting fertilizers and pesticides to developing countries will help them increase their production.
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Outside every field you find a home-made latrine, waiting for passing cyclists to contribute valuable fertilizer .
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Phosphorus is a nutrient used in fertilizer that helps plants grow.
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There was greater specialization and more effective use was made of fertilizer .