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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


VERB (1)

1. convert to compost;
- Example: "compost organic debris"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

compost n 1: a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer v 1: convert to compost; "compost organic debris"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "compost": admixture, ammonia, castor-bean meal, commercial fertilizer, commixture, composite, compound, dressing, dung, enrichener, fertilizer, fusion, guano, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, manure, mix, muck, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, organic fertilizer, phosphate, superphosphate