No. 1,636 in Dutch
mest
Fertilizer or manure.
In a sentence
De boer verspreidt mest over het land.
The farmer spreads manure over the land.
Here, 'mest' refers to the organic material used as fertilizer in agriculture.
In Nederland wordt veel mest geproduceerd door veehouderijen.
In the Netherlands, a lot of manure is produced by livestock farms.
In this context, 'mest' indicates the byproduct of animal farming used for agricultural purposes.
Er zijn strikte regels voor het vervoer van mest.
There are strict regulations for the transport of manure.
The usage of 'mest' here pertains to the regulated handling and management of manure in an administrative and environmental sense.
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