superphosphate

See also: Superphosphate

English

Etymology

super- +‎ phosphate

Noun

superphosphate (countable and uncountable, plural superphosphates)

A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock.
A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base.

Translations

fertiliser

Norwegian:
Bokmål: superfosfat n

Nynorsk: superfosfat n

French

Noun

superphosphate m (plural superphosphates)

superphosphate

Further reading

“superphosphate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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