compost

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer

Verb (1)

  1. convert to compost“compost organic debris”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]
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