Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bone meal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
bone meal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To use bone meal on.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

bone meals (plural) bonemeal (alternative) bone meals (present, singular) bone mealing (participle, present) bone mealed (participle, past) bone mealed (past)

Questions

What does bone meal mean?
Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs.

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