'Compost' definitions:
Definition of 'compost'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
verb
Convert to compost; "compost organic debris"
Definition of 'Compost'
From: GCIDE
- Compost \Com"post\, v. t.
- 1. To manure with compost. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compost'
From: GCIDE
- Compost \Com"post\ (?; 277), n. [OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See Composite.]
- 1. A mixture; a compound. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compost'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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