compost

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.pɒst/

The English word “compost” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
A mixture; a compound.

verb

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

Etymology

From 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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