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   Com·post

   /ˈkämˌpōst/

   

   noun

   • 1. decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer: "cover with a layer of fine compost"
   • ▪ a mixture of decayed organic material with loam and/or other ingredients, used as a growing medium: "sweet peppers can be grown singly in pots of potting compost"

   verb

   • 1. make (vegetable matter or manure) into compost: "don't compost heavily infested plants"
   • ▪ treat (soil) with compost: "we turned clay soil into almost workable soil by composting it"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French composte, from Latin composita, compositum ‘something put together’, feminine and neuter past participle of componere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. composter noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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