fertilizer

noun
/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzə/UK/ˈfɜːɹtəlaɪzəɹ/US

Etymology

From fertilize + -er.

  1. derived from fertilis
  2. derived from fertile
  3. derived from fertile
  4. suffixed as fertilize — “fertile + ize
  5. formed as fertilizer — “fertilize + -er

Definitions

  1. A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

    • The farmer spread fertiliser across the fields.
    • Organic fertilisers are usually better for the environment.
  2. A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

  3. Human remains, especially obscured or to be forgotten.

    • “Complainant reported being threatened by Trump’s then head of security that, if she ever talked of what went on there or who she saw, he would ”end up as fertilizer for the back nine holes like the other c--ts’,” it continued.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fertilizer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fertilizer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at fertilizer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA