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COMPOST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("compost" is a kind of...):

composition (a mixture of ingredients)

Derivation:

compost (convert to compost)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert to compost

Example:

compost organic debris

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "compost" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

compost (a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer)

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