Definitions
Decayed organic matter used to improve soil.
Word origin
From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.
Used in a sentence
“Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.”
“And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker.”
“[T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Decayed garden material”7 letters
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