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Definition: Top Dressing |
Top DressingNoun1. A layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It was a cheap sort of top dressing in which I had entire faith. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
top dressing | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "top dressing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | plehërim sipërfaqësor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسميد سطح الأرض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нахвърлян по почвата тор, най-горен слой, лустро (gloss, luster, lustre, polish, varnish, veneer), повърхностно представление. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udspredning af goedningsmidler paa overfladen, bredspredning af goedningsmidler paa overfladen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overbemesting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pintalannoitus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fumure en surface, application d'engrais en surface. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Düngerauflage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λίπασμα επιφάνειασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | trágyázás (manuring, spreading the dung), talajfelszíni trágyázás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | concimazione superficiale, concimazione in copertura. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | baare-lhiasaghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | optay essingdray fertilizante superficial, abonado de superficie. (various references) övergödsling. (various references) serpme gübre, serpilen şey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: topdressing. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: dripstones, progestins, signposted. | |
-2 letters: deporting, digestors, dripstone, progestin, spongiest, topsiders. | |
-3 letters: deposing, deposits, digestor, diopters, dioptres, dipteron, disports, disposer, dopiness, dressing, dropsies, genitors, goriness, gorsiest, gossiped, gossiper, grodiest, indorses, negroids, oestrins, peridots, perigons, podgiest, pointers, porniest, portends, posterns, postings, pressing, prisoned, prosiest, prosties, proteids, proteins, protends, reposing, reposits, responds, ringtoss, riposted, ripostes, ropiness. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: topdressings. | |
+2 letters: predigestions. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 70 44 72 65 73 73 69 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110000 00100000 01000100 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o p   D r e s s i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0070 0044 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818223884718585758073 |
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