Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compost"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compost \Com"post\, v. t.
1. To manure with compost.
2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass
where they will decompose and form into a compost.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compost \Com"post\ (?; 277), n.[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus,
p. p. See {Composite}.]
1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. --Hammond.
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.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make
them ranker. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compost
n : a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a
fertilizer
v : convert to compost, as of organic debris
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