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Noun: top dressing  tóp dre-sing
  1. A layer of fertilizer or manure not ploughed in
    "The gardener applied a top dressing of compost to nourish the plants"
Verb: topdress
  1. Scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)
    "They topdressed the lawn with compost in the spring"

Derived forms: top dressings

Type of: dressing, enrich, fecundation, feed, fertilisation [Brit], fertilise [Brit], fertilization, fertilize

Encyclopedia: Top dressing