What is the difference between manurable and manure?
manurable | manure | Derived terms |
To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
* Surrey
* John Donne
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
* Shakespeare
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
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Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not.
* Sir Humphry Davy
Manurable is a derived term of manure.
As a adjective manurable
is able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.As a verb manure is
to cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.As a noun manure is
animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.manure
English
Verb
(manur)- to whom we gave the strand for to manure
- Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
- The farmer manured his fallow field.
- The blood of English shall manure the ground.
Derived terms
* manurableSee also
* to fertilizeNoun
- Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain. I have never made any experiment upon this manure ; but there is great reason to suppose it must contain saccharine matter; and this will account for its powerful effects.