cottonseed meal

American  

noun

1. cotton cake when pulverized.

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cottonseed meal British  

noun

1. the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer

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Etymology

Origin of cottonseed meal

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

To increase the availability of other types of animal feed, China’s customs authority removed inspection requirements on a variety of agricultural byproducts, including peanut meal, cottonseed meal and rapeseed meal.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2018

Aside from a little lime and cottonseed meal, the garden needed no fertilizer other than the decaying mulch.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2017

She estimates that a 150- to 200-pound person will produce six pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus and one pound of potassium: the same 6-2-1 ratio of cottonseed meal fertilizer.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2016

He once subsisted for five days on cottonseed meal, soybean oil and cauliflower�not in the interest of dietary flagellation, but in a quest for cheap foods.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is somewhat superior, Mr. Parker says, to cottonseed meal or linseed meal as a stock feed, but is now chiefly used for fertilizing purposes.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton