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fertiliser

fertiliser is the alternative spelling of fertilizer.

Meaning of fertilizer

Noun

fertilizer (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizers)

  1. A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
    • The farmer spread fertiliser across the fields.
  2. A chemical compound created to have the same effect.
  3. (derogatory, uncountable) Human remains, especially obscured or to be forgotten.
    • “Complainant reported being threatened by Trump’s then head of security that, if she ever talked of what went on there or who she saw, he would ”end up as fertilizer for the back nine holes like the other c--ts’,” it continued.2026 January 30, Farrah Tomazin, “Woman Told FBI Trump Abused Her at 13, Epstein Files Reveal”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026
    Synonyms:
    worm food

Forms of fertiliser

pluralfertilisers

Words formed from fertiliser

Questions about fertiliser

What is fertiliser the alternative spelling of?
Fertiliser is the alternative spelling of fertilizer.

Words near fertiliser in the dictionary

  1. fertilisation
  2. fertilisational
  3. fertilisations
  4. fertilise
  5. fertilised
  6. fertiliser
  7. fertilisers
  8. fertilises
  9. fertilising
  10. fertilitate
  11. fertilities

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