Used in a Sentence

growers

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for growers.

Editorial note

Almond growers note that an ounce of lentils takes 71 gallons, and an ounce of beef 106 gallons.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A farmer; one who grows things.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of growers gathered in one view.

noun

A farmer; one who grows things.

noun

Something that grows.

noun

Someone or something, especially music, that becomes more likeable over time.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for growers.

noun

A farmer; one who grows things.

noun

Something that grows.

noun

Someone or something, especially music, that becomes more likeable over time.

noun

(slang) A man whose penis increases in size significantly when erect.

Example sentences

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Almond growers note that an ounce of lentils takes 71 gallons, and an ounce of beef 106 gallons.

2

Some local organic growers have £5 boxes or £10 boxes they deliver to your house each week.

3

Prepayment for at least some of the growing cost would be nice for the growers (CSA style).

4

They like to point the fingers at almond growers, which consume about a gallon per nut.

5

Farmers find gaps in the growing periods to deliver their more expensive product when growers in other states can't deliver.

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Water policy has been run largely as corporate welfare for large agricultural growers at the expense of taxpayers and the environment.

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California's growers are driven by the national food market, not the state food market.

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But most growers only need labor for a few months at the most.

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Corn growers thus have more invested in encouraging high-fat diets than low-fat diets.

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We’ve launched a beta version of our mobile app that allows eaters, makers, and growers to share and discover good food from like-minded folks.

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That's going to make some growers and states really really mad.

12

Its funny, the first fixture we built and sampled to growers was about 25x smaller.

Quote examples

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#4: "I've talked with potato growers who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell.

2

In my experience, growers tend to share the market’s rewards for high-quality coffee with roasters but bear the risks of quality-oriented production alone." "I have written extensively about this issue here in the context of our work in Colombia, where farmers who believe that the Caturra variety produces higher quality in the cup are replacing it anyway with the higher-yielding, disease-resistant Castillo hybrid.

Proper noun examples

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Growers' consortiums invested in marketing varieties from their regions pretty successfully (pink lady, gala).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use growers in a sentence?

Almond growers note that an ounce of lentils takes 71 gallons, and an ounce of beef 106 gallons.

What does growers mean?

A farmer; one who grows things.

What part of speech is growers?

growers is commonly used as noun.