bone meal

or bone·meal

noun Agriculture.

bones ground to a coarse powder, used as fertilizer or feed.

Words nearby bone meal

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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

Its factories produce nails, wire-work and other metal goods, mead and bone-meal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various
I fertilize my orchard with ashes and bone-meal; both are beneficial, but not necessary in good potash soils.
The Apple|Various
When you cut down severely you should give a little extra food in the shape of manure, bone-meal, or Clays Fertilizer.
The Children's Book of Gardening|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
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

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

British Dictionary definitions for bone meal

bone meal

noun

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

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bone meal

or bone·meal

noun Agriculture.

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Origin of bone meal

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British Dictionary definitions for bone meal

noun