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Definition of Compost
1. Noun. A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer.
2. Verb. Convert to compost. "Compost organic debris"
Definition of Compost
1. n. A mixture; a compound.
2. v. t. To manure with compost.
Definition of Compost
1. Noun. The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer ¹
2. Verb. To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compost
1. to fertilize [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: fertilize
Medical Definition of Compost
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Compost
Literary usage of Compost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"The important part of the cultivation of greenhouse crops takes place in the
compost heap. The work of fining the soil and of liberating plant food is ..."
2. Georgical Essays by Alexander Hunter (1803)
"On one side I manured a land with the oil-compost, but rather with a lefs quantity
than directed; and on the other side I manured ..."
3. Organic Chemistry in Its Applications to Agriculture and Physiology by Justus Liebig, Lyon Playfair Playfair, John White Webster (1841)
"PEAT compost. (See p. 177.) ACCORDING to the statement of Messrs. ... He gives
the following details of the manner in which the compost was prepared upon ..."
4. Peat and Its Uses, as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel William Johnson (1866)
"to that of the guano,—a bushel of guano will compost six, eight, or ten of muck.
... This sort of compost would probably be sufficiently fermented in a week ..."
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