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Compost
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(composts, composting, composted) 1. Compost is a mixture of decayed plants and vegetable waste which is added to the soil to help plants grow. ...a small compost heap. N-UNCOUNT 2. Compost is specially treated soil that you buy and use to grow seeds and plants in pots. N-MASS 3. To compost things such as unwanted bits of plants means to make them into compost. Cut down and compost spent cucumbers, tomatoes and other crops... VERB: V n
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I. noun Etymology: Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~um, from Latin, neuter of compositus, ~us, past participle of componere Date: 1587 1. a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land 2. mixture, compound II. transitive verb Date: 1829 to convert (as plant debris) to ~ • ~able adjective • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a mixed manure, esp. of organic origin. b a loam soil or other medium with added compost, used for growing plants. 2 a mixture of ingredients (a rich compost of lies and innuendo). --v.tr. 1 treat (soil) with compost. 2 make (manure, vegetable matter, etc.) into compost. Phrases and idioms compost heap (or pile) a layered structure of garden refuse, soil, etc., which decays to become compost. Etymology: ME f. OF composte f. L compos(i)tum (as COMPOSITE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. с-х. компост, составное удобрение 2. с-х. компост, составное удобрение 3. с-х. удобрять компостом 4. изготовлять компост ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a mixture of decayed plants, leaves etc used to improve the quality of soil (compost heap (=a place in a garden where you pile decayed leaves, plants etc in order to make compost)) ~2 v 1 to make plants, leaves etc into compost 2 to put compost onto soil ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from M.Fr. composte "mixture of leaves, etc., for fertilizing land," also "condiment," from V.L. *composita, from L. compositus (see composite). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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