Usually means: Decomposed organic material enriching soil.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. compost: Merriam-Webster
  2. compost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compost: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compost: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compost: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compost, compost: Wordnik
  7. compost: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compost: Wiktionary
  9. compost: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compost: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compost: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. compost: Dictionary.com
  13. compost: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. compost: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Compost (album), Compost (band), Compost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Compost: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. compost: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. compost: Rhymezone
  19. Compost: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. compost: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. compost: FreeDictionary.org
  22. compost: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. compost: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. compost: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. compost: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. COMPOST: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compost: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compost: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compost)

▸ noun:  The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
▸ noun:  (UK) A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
▸ verb:  To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

Similar:
decomposition, putrefaction, digestate, rotting, fertilizer, vermiwash, biofermentation, humifaction, putrefactant, hot bed, more...

Opposite:
landfill, garbage dump, waste disposal site

Types:
hot compost, cold compost, compost tea, vermicompost, compost tumbler, compost bin, more...

Phrases:
compost heap, compost pile, potting compost, compost heaps, compost piles, more...

Adjectives:
good, rich, based, finished, fresh, mushroom, rotted, organic, sandy, old, suitable

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Similar:
decomposition, putrefaction, digestate, rotting, fertilizer, vermiwash, biofermentation, humifaction, putrefactant, hot bed, more...

Opposite:
landfill, garbage dump, waste disposal site

Types:
hot compost, cold compost, compost tea, vermicompost, compost tumbler, compost bin, more...

Phrases:
compost heap, compost pile, potting compost, compost heaps, compost piles, compost bin, compost tea, compost heap detritus, compost heap items, more...

Adjectives:
good, rich, based, finished, fresh, mushroom, rotted, organic, sandy, old, suitable

Colors:
    brown,     green,     dark green,     olive,     forest green, more...



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