Meaning of COMPOST
| Pronunciation: | | 'kâmpowst
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- [n] a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
- [v] convert to compost, as of organic debris
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| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Compost
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Com"post\ (?; 277), n.[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus,
p. p. See {Composite}.]
1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. --Hammond.
2. (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a
composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime,
and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as
in a compost heap.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make
them ranker. --Shak.
\Com"post\, v. t.
1. To manure with compost.
2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass
where they will decompose and form into a compost.
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| | Definition: | | A mix of different types of organic matter, all of it decaying, such as fallen leaves, bananna peels and/or manure; a mulch. It is used as a fertilizer or to rejuvenate soil. The word can be a noun or verb. |
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| | Related Terms: | | admixture, ammonia, castor-bean meal, commercial fertilizer, commixture, composite, compound, dressing, dung, enrichener, fertilizer, fusion, guano, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, manure, mix, muck, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, organic fertilizer, phosphate, superphosphate |
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