cowdung

Bovine waste product

Cowdung is the feces of cattle, used as fertilizer, fuel, or building material in many parts of the world.

Dried cowdung burns slowly and is still used for cooking in rural areas.

Also spelled as two words: cow dung.

fuel

biogas

Fuel from anaerobic decomposition

combustible · biomass · renewable · smoldering

fertilizer

compost

Decayed organic fertilizer

vermicompost · biofertilizer · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · humus · mulch · guano · microorganisms · amendment

traditional

plastering

Coating walls with morite

ritual · sacred · Ayurveda · antiseptic · coating · whitewash · ceremony

odor

stench

Powerfully offensive odor

ammonia · rank · foul · malodorous · fetid · acrid · musty · noisome · methane · ripe

rural

village

Small rural community

cattle · livestock · grazing · haystack · paddock · cowshed · byre · dairy · herd · rustic

Opposites
decomposition/processing state

cowdungcompost

Decayed organic fertilizer

humus · black gold · topsoil · hay · grain

material value/desirability

cowdunggold

Element seventy-nine

perfume · treasure · diamonds · ambrosia · silk

fertilizer type

cowdungsynthetic fertilizer

Chemically produced crop nutrients

chemical fertilizer · ammonium nitrate

Family

cow, dung, dunghill, cowpat, cow-dung

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G