compost
Meaning
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- The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
- A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
- (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
Synonyms
potting soil
planting mix
compost pile
mixed fertilizer
fertilizer mixture
Frequency
Hyphenated as
com‧post
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒmpɒst/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" also "condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, and composite.
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