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compost

Definition

  • noun: a decayed mixture of plants (such as leaves and grass) that is used to improve the soil in a garden
  • noun: a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
  • verb: to change (plant materials) into compost
  • verb: to convert (as plant debris) to compost
  • synonyms: admixture, ammonia, castor-bean meal

Examples

  • a 'compost heap' = ('chiefly US') a 'compost pile' [=a pile of plant materials that are kept in a garden and allowed to decay to create compost]

  • We 'compost' leaves in our backyard.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Then throw away the worser part of it and live the purer with the other half Repent what's past, avoid what is to come And do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker Pray, go not to my uncle's bed. Assume a virtue if you have it not Refrain tonight, and that shall lend (..)
    2015 Hamlet