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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Compost

/käm'-pōst/ · Com·post · IPA /ˈkɑmpoʊst/
01 n. A mixture; a compound.
  1. 1.
    A mixture; a compound.[R.]
    “A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.” — Hammond.
  2. 2.
    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.(Agric.)
    “And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker.” — Shak.
02 v. t. To manure with compost.
  1. 1.
    To manure with compost.
  2. 2.
    To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.