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Compost

Compost Meaning & Definition
Compost Definition And Meaning

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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