"superphosphate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: superphosphates [plural]
Etymology: super- + phosphate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|phosphate}} super- + phosphate Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} superphosphate (countable and uncountable, plural superphosphates)
  1. A fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated sulfuric acid on powdered phosphate rock. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fertiliser): superfosfat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), superfosfat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-superphosphate-en-noun-4C1ziII0 Disambiguation of 'fertiliser': 64 36
  2. A phosphate containing the greatest amount of phosphoric acid that can combine with the base. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-superphosphate-en-noun-O8g5-uzP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 41 59

Inflected forms

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