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compost definition

com·post (käm′pōst′)

noun

  1. a mixture; compound
  2. a mixture of decomposing vegetable refuse, manure, etc. for fertilizing and conditioning soil

Etymology: ME < OFr composte, condiment (> Fr compote) < VL *composita < L compositus: see composite

transitive verb

to convert (vegetable refuse) into compost

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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