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bone meal

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noun Agriculture.
  1. bones ground to a coarse powder, used as fertilizer or feed.
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Origin of bone meal

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Examples from the Web for bone meal

Historical Examples

  • Some of these weak sisters I make the assistant boss of the machine-shop and some of the bone-meal mill.

    Old Gorgon Graham

    George Horace Lorimer

  • But he turned up the second day, smelling of violet soap and bone-meal, and he didn't sing his list of grievances, either.

    Old Gorgon Graham

    George Horace Lorimer

  • I fertilize my orchard with ashes and bone-meal; both are beneficial, but not necessary in good potash soils.

    The Apple

    Various

  • In case meat food is given, bone-meal, fed in small quantities, will form a valuable addition to their ration.

    The Dollar Hen

    Milo M. Hastings

  • When you cut down severely you should give a little extra food in the shape of manure, bone-meal, or Clays Fertilizer.

British Dictionary definitions for bone meal

bone meal

noun
  1. the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds
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