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Meaning of "bone meal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BONE MEAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BONE MEAL

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Bone meal is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BONE MEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bone meal

Bone meal is a mixture of finely and coarsely ground animal bones and slaughter-house waste products. It is used as an organic fertilizer for plants and as a nutritional supplement for animals. As a slow-release fertilizer, bone meal is primarily used as a source of phosphorus. Finely ground bone meal may provide a quicker release of nutrients than the coarser ground version of bone meal.

Definition of bone meal in the English dictionary

The definition of bone meal in the dictionary is the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BONE MEAL

bone
bone ash
bone bed
bone china
bone density
bone dry
bone idle
bone marrow
bone marrow donor
bone marrow transplant
bone of contention
bone oil
bone structure
bone turquoise
bone up
bone wax
bone-chilling
bone-dry
boneblack
boned

WORDS THAT END LIKE BONE MEAL

bar meal
barium meal
buffet meal
corn meal
cornmeal
cottonseed meal
evening meal
fishmeal
Indian meal
matzo meal
meal
mealie meal
mielie meal
oatmeal
piecemeal
ready meal
school meal
square meal
takeaway meal
wholemeal

Synonyms and antonyms of bone meal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bone meal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BONE MEAL

Find out the translation of bone meal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bone meal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bone meal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骨粉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

harina de hueso
570 millions of speakers

English

bone meal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हड्डी भोजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وجبة العظام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

костная мука
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

farinha de osso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্ছিষ্ট খাবার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la farine d´os
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tulang tulang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Knochenmehl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

骨粉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뼈 식사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balung meal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bột xương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலும்பு உணவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हाडांचे जेवण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kemik tozu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

farina di ossa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kostną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кісткова мука
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

făină de oase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οστεάλευρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beenmeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benmjöl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjøttbenmel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bone meal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BONE MEAL»

The term «bone meal» is normally little used and occupies the 110.291 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BONE MEAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bone meal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BONE MEAL»

Discover the use of bone meal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bone meal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs ...
The recipes in the next chapter are calculated to include the minerals in the foodstuffs as well as what is added from bone meal, with the assumption that most will be absorbable. Here are some ways to add this calcium. Bone Meal Buy the ...
Richard H. Pitcairn, Susan Hubble Pitcairn, 2005
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The Agricultural Value of Bone-meal
ll While 0.3 gram of phosphoric acid.. i11 superphosphate.. could have yielded the plant 0.1 gram of phosphoric acid.. the mixture of 0.3 gram in superphosphate and 0.3 gram in bone.meal yielded in one case.. 0.12 gram.. in another case.
Charles Wellington, 1895
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Manures and Fertilizers
3.21 BONE-MEAL—CHARACTERISTICS AND USES Bone-meal is the oldest indigenous phosphatic fertiliser which was used in India before the advent of single superphosphate. The availability of phosphorus from bone-meal is increased if ...
A.K. Kolay, 2007
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Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in ...
Meat and bone meal has been found to give sufficient nitrogen supply for good baking performance of organically grown wheat (Fredriksson et al. 1997, 1998). Mixing MBM to soil has been found to increase potato quality due to reduced ...
Andre Bationo, 2007
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Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)
181 scrap or meal, meat meal, and meat and bone meal are, however, low in tryptophan, and blood meal is low in isoleucine. Meat meal and meat and bone meal are excellent sources of many minerals and vitamins, especially Ca, P, and  ...
Wilson G. Pond, 2004
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Studies on the agricultural utilization of phosphate from ...
... of grass...............................................................................................61 Fig. 3.23: Effect of P:S ratios and Thiobacillus inoculation on soil pH for triple superphosphate ( TSP), hyperphos (HP), sewage sludge ash (SSA) and meat and bone meal ash ...
Imron Rosyadi, 2004
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A Survey of the Literature of Dental Caries
The topical application of fluorides or the use of bone meal depend upon individual initiative. This would constitute a very erratic factor in comparison with the highly reliable day-by-day presence of fluorine in drinking water. The latter method ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Dental Health, 1952
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Bone Meal: Seven More Tales of Terror
Original. This is a collection of seven horrifying stories by seven master storytellers. Each tale will probably scare you a little more than the last. But dont worry, ghosts and monsters dont really exist...do they?
A. Finnis, 1995
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Raising Cats Naturally: How to Care for Your Cat the Way ...
Table 9 - Nutritional Analysis of Various Sea Vegetables Table courtesy of Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, http://www.seaveg.com Bone Meal You need to add bone meal or another form of calcium to the diet if you do not use raw ground bone.
Michelle T. Bernard, 2004
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Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface: Proceedings of the 5th ...
The pH of the bone meal : soil mixtures was 4.2, 4.4, 5.0 and 6.3 for the 1:200, 1: 100, 1:50 and 1:10 bone meal : soil mixtures respectively. 4.5 SEMandXRD observations Small Ni, Ti, Zn, Cu, Fe particles were detected using the SEM in the ...
Halldor Armannsson, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BONE MEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bone meal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fish plant testing successful, few problems
Byproducts, such as oil, from the rendering of Asian carp produce high protein products including Omega 3 fish oil, fish meal and bone meal, ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Preparedness critics are history's cannon fodder
... participants and effective alternative media experts who are dominating Web traffic and crushing traditional media into archaic bone meal. «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»
3
Indian Poultry Industry Under Pressure over Drug Residues …
... organisations/NGOs have recently raised issues that meat-producing animals/poultry birds are fed feed containing meat/bone meal including ... «ThePoultrySite.com, Jul 15»
4
Moving to Tampa Bay: Cultivating the gardening scene
... of not over-fertilizing and adding what he believes are “unnecessary soil amendments,” such as blood and bone meal, Azomite and lime. «83degreesmedia, Jul 15»
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New report sheds light on the amino acids market that is expected to …
Ban on bone meal across various regional markets is expected to remain a key driving factor for this segment over the forecast period. «WhaTech, Jul 15»
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Company Shares of Darling Ingredients Inc. Drops by -2.81%
... finished products such as protein (primarily meat and bone meal (MBM) and poultry meal (PM)), hides, fats (primarily bleachable fancy tallow ... «OTC Outlook, Jul 15»
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How to have a pet friendly garden this summer
Opt for a safer organic fertiliser, for example bone meal, and other natural remedies such as crushed up eggshells around the base of plants to ... «Carmarthen Journal, Jul 15»
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USDA Weekly By-Product Value Hog Report - Jul 6
... small box 0.43 80.00 - 0.34 Lungs, inedible 0.95 4.63 - 0.04 Choice white grease 0.50 26.75 0.50 0.13 Pork meat & bone meal 1.57 311.00 ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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FSSAI to tighten noose on meat and poultry industry | Indore NYOOOZ
... organisations/NGOs have recently raised issues that meat-producing animals/poultry birds are fed feed containing meat/bone meal including ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
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For tobacco growers, farming is a family affair
To be certified organic, tobacco crops must use natural fertilizer and insecticide, with choices of blood meal, feather meal, meat and bone meal, ... «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»

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