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Definition of: compost
(kom′pōst) noun
1. A fertilizing mixture of decomposed vegetable matter.
2. A composition for plastering.
3. A mixture; compound.
—v.t. To make into or cover with compost. [<OF <L compositum, var. of compositum <componere. Doublet of COMPOSITE.]
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