bone meal in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bone meal in the French»English Dictionary

farine d'os FARM

bone meal

Translations for bone meal in the English»French Dictionary

meal [Brit miːl, Am mil] N

1. meal (food):

meal

repas m

hot/cold/main meal

repas chaud/froid/principal

they had a meal in the canteen

ils ont mangé à la cantine

did you enjoy your meal?

est-ce que vous avez bien mangé?

to go out for a meal

sortir dîner

2. meal (from grain):

meal

farine f

don't make a meal of it inf!

n'en fais pas tout un plat! inf

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

os m

bone (of fish)

arête f

made of bone

en os

chicken on/off the bone

poulet à l'os/désossé

to break a bone

casser un os

to break every bone in one's body

se rompre les os

I'll break every bone in his body!

je vais lui tordre le cou!

no bones broken

rien de cassé

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body

il n'a pas une once de romantisme/jalousie

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body attr handle, button

en os

2. bone (in corset etc):

bone

baleine f

3. bone (trombone):

bone inf

trombone m

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossements mpl

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

ossements mpl humains

to lay sb's bones to rest

enterrer la dépouille de qn

my old bones inf

mes vieux os inf

he'll never make old bones

il ne fera pas de vieux os

3. bones (dice):

bones

dés mpl

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

désosser

bone fish

enlever les arêtes de

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

consolider

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

sujet m de dispute

bone of contention

pomme f de discorde

close to the bone (wounding)

blessant

close to the bone (racy)

osé

to be a bag of bones

être un sac d'os inf

to cut sth to the bone

réduire qc au minimum

to feel sth in one's bones

avoir le pressentiment de qc

to have a bone to pick with sb

avoir un compte à régler avec qn

to make no bones about sth

ne pas cacher qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe prov

to work one's fingers to the bone

se crever à la tâche inf

bone meal in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bone meal in the English»French Dictionary

bone meal N

bone meal

engrais m phosphaté

Translations for bone meal in the English»French Dictionary

meal¹ [mi:l] N

meal

repas m

come for a meal

viens dîner

Phrases:

to make a meal of sth

faire un plat de qc

meal² [mi:l] N

1. meal (coarsely ground grain):

meal

semoule f

2. meal (flour):

meal

farine f

I.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

bone

os m

bone of fish

arête f

II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

bone-handled knife

couteau m à manche d'os

III.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

bone meat

désosser

bone fish

retirer les arêtes de

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Meat and bone meal is increasingly used in cement kilns as an environmentally sustainable replacement for coal.

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Bone meal is also an excellent source of calcium, but does not provide enough nitrogen to be beneficial to plants.

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Bone meal once was often used as a human dietary calcium supplement.

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Stock-free growers do not keep domesticated animals and do not use animal products such as farmed animal manures or animal parts (bone meal, blood meal, fish meal).

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The solids from the press are dried and then ground into meat and bone meal.

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Blood meal, bone meal, and other animal by-products are permitted in certified organic production as soil amendments, though they can not be fed to organic livestock.

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Incorporate old compost or leaf mould with a sprinkling of fertiliser, such as bone meal.

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Research in the 1980s found that many bone meal preparations were contaminated with lead and other toxic metals, and is no longer recommended as a calcium source.

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This included leather, fats for soap, bone for bone meal and manufactured articles, fertilizers, glycerine, hair for brushes, and even an array of pharmaceuticals.

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Bone meal was used since about 1790 as a welcome supplement to the ordinary farmyard manure.

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