About The Word Compost
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Compost
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What's The Definition Of Compost?
[n] a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
[v] convert to compost, as of organic debris Synonyms | Synonyms for Compost: Related Terms | Find terms related to Compost: 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 See Also | change over | composition | convert Compost In Webster's Dictionary \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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