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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
compost/ˈkɒmpɒst/
▶noun decayed organic material used as a fertilizer for growing plants.
■ a mixture of compost with loam soil used as a growing medium.
▶verb make into or treat with compost.– derivatives
composter noun.
composter noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. composte, from L. composita, compositum ‘something put together’, fem. and neut. past part. of componere.
'compost' also found in these Oxford entries:
brandling
- coir
- compost heap
- compote
- dungworm
- ericaceous
- growbag
- mulch
- propagator
- redworm
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