compost

Speech parts

1. compost - Noun

2. compost - Verb

Meaning

A mixture; a compound.

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.

To manure with compost.

To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

potash dress dung pus soil mixture compound feed composite dressing enrichment feces peat manure enrich
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Antonyms

fork element component constituent segregation ingredient
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Hypernyms

convert composition

Phrases with the word

compost worm compost matter compost clamp

Examples

All this new stuff goes on top turn it over, turn it over wait and water down from the dark bottom turn it inside out let it spread through Sift down even. Watch it sprout. A mind like compost. Gary Snyder

In the extraordinary ancestral compost heap of your unconscious mind, I have burrowed too long. Brian Aldiss

Life is compost. Diane Setterfield

A rich compost of turkey manure and wood shavings. Bill Allred

You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world. Chuck Palahniuk

I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and growing things. At my home in L.A., I have a great garden and I grow all kinds of things. I even have a worm farm! The worms help create organic compost out of kitchen scraps. Curtis Stone

Close letter words and terms

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