bone meal
noun
bones ground to a coarse powder, used as fertilizer or feed.
bonemeal
-
a variation of
bone meal.
Example Sentences
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"Bone broth is all the rage now. Butchers are scrambling to provide enough bones that were once probably just thrown away or ground up for bonemeal."
From Salon ● May 5, 2019
"I mix a small amount of bonemeal and fertilizer in the planting hole when I set my plants out, then sidedress plants when they begin to fruit and again about a month later," says Allen.
From Time Magazine Archive
If barnyard manure is not obtainable, substitute bonemeal.
From Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover by Eben E. (Eben Eugene) Rexford
If barnyard manure is not to be had, use bonemeal.
From Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover by Eben E. (Eben Eugene) Rexford
Fine bonemeal is as good for this purpose as anything I know of except barnyard manure, and it is superior to that in one respect—it does not contain the seeds of weeds.
From Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover by Eben E. (Eben Eugene) Rexford
