compost
To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizerTo produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.
Meaning
1 sensesTo produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.
If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.
kompostieren
- convert to compost
Examples
39 sentencesWe have a composting toilet.
ruУ нас есть компостный туалет. — odexed
I wish more people would compost.
Put it on the compost pile.
Ziri put compost in that soil.
Ziri bought some low-grade compost.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manurFrom Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.
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Forms
composts, composting, composted, compostedWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle