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for Compost
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Compost \Com"post\, v. t.
1. To manure with compost.
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2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass
where they will decompose and form into a compost.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Compost \Com"post\ (?; 277), n. [OF. compost, fr. L. compositus,
p. p. See Composite.]
1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]
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A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. --Hammond.
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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.
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And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
compost
n 1: a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a
fertilizer
v 1: convert to compost; "compost organic debris"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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