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Definition of compost
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There is plenty to feed your compost pile during the warm growing season.
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Rake your leaves into small piles on top of a tarp or a piece of plastic, then drag that pile to your main pile or compost.
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A mixture of charcoal, compost, bones, fish bones and human feces.
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After Reagan and Trump — three divorces between them — that obstacle lies on the compost heap.
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The solids then travel to a belt-filter press that squeezes out water and delivers the crumbly compost to bunkers that can hold 1,000 tons each.
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There is even a cottage industry of home and small-scale farmers using black soldier fly larva to compost food and produce feed for animals.
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Boise plans to dispense the compost for free from three or four sites scattered around the city.
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A landscape waste compost facility may be built just outside of Yorkville.
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Origin and Etymology of compost
Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin, neuter of compositus, compostus, past participle of componere
compost
Definition of compost
transitive verb
: to convert (a material, such as plant debris) to compost
Examples of compost in a Sentence
We compost leaves in our backyard.
Recent Examples of compost from the Web
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KNOW WHEN TO COMPOST In 2015, 70 percent of waste created by Forecastle was diverted from landfills, including 36,700 pounds of waste that were composted and 26,300 pounds of waste that were recycled.
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Central California's largest rendering plant is overwhelmed by the number of cows that died during a June heat wave, so officials are allowing dairy farmers to bury or compost hundreds of carcasses.
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Attend a free backyard composting workshop 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd.
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One upside is that digesters occupy a much smaller footprint than composting fields.
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Composting on a yearly basis ensures the plant will have sufficient nutrients available.
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The challenge seeks a new type of design that uses alternative materials that can be recycled or composted.
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Minear said only leaves and wood chips would be composted in Crown Point, and not the food waste.
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According to the Lake Bluff village website, acceptable food scraps for composting include fruits, vegetables, bread, grains, pasta, cereal, non-liquid dairy products, eggshells, coffee and tea leaves.
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First Known Use of compost
1829
COMPOST Defined for English Language Learners
compost
playDefinition of compost for English Language Learners
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: a decayed mixture of plants (such as leaves and grass) that is used to improve the soil in a garden
compost
Definition of compost for English Language Learners
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: to change (plant materials) into compost
COMPOST Defined for Kids
compost
playDefinition of compost for Students
: decayed organic material (as of leaves and grass) used to improve soil especially for growing crops
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