COMPOST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they compost ... he / she / it composts

Past simple: composted

Past participle: composted

-ing form: composting

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)