compost heap

Noun

Meaning

a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

compost pile dump skip midden compost dustbin garbage can ashcan wastebasket trash can wastebin wastepaper basket refuse heap garbage bag kitchen midden

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Hypernyms

cumulus cumulation pile heap mound agglomerate

Examples

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

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

A composting toilet collects human excreta which is then added to a compost heap together with sawdust and straw or other carbon rich materials, where pathogens are destroyed to some extent. Source: Internet

I woke up and showed Rahul the progress of the compost heap this morning. Source: Internet

October turned to November and I knew I had to use up the pumpkins fast and not relegate them to the compost heap. Source: Internet

These had included theories that the site was to become a medical research laboratory or a giant compost heap. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

compossibly compost compost clamp compost matter compost pile compost worm