manure
noun
[ məˈnjʊə ]
• animal dung used for fertilizing land.
• "plenty of fully rotted horse manure can be dug in this fall"
Similar:
dung,
muck,
droppings,
ordure,
guano,
cowpats,
cow chips,
horse apples,
shit,
crap,
manure
verb
• apply manure to (land).
• "the ground should be well dug and manured"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘cultivate (land’)): from Anglo-Norman French mainoverer, Old French manouvrer (see manoeuvre). The noun sense dates from the mid 16th century.
