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IPA transcription: ['kɑmpoʊst]

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Noun

  • a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer

Verb

  • convert to compost

    “compost organic debris”

Usage examples

  • In organic gardening, their solution is called sheet composting or mulching.
  • He was buried in the cathedral of Compostela.
  • Commercially available 'spent' mushroom compost is not always truly spent.
  • Compostela is within the Metro Cebu area.
  • Compost made from wastewater treatment plants was used effectively as a growth medium.
  • Most composting toilets use slow composting which is also called "cold composting".
  • Compostela then was still a municipal district composed of municipalities of the district.
  • This bread is past its expiration, but it can be composted.
  • This bread is past its expiration, but it can be composted.