Compost

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [wn]:

  compost
       n : a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a
           fertilizer
       v : convert to compost; "compost organic debris"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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