compost

Meanings

Noun

• The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
• A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
• A mixture; a compound.

Verb

• To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

Origin

• From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost ("mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" also "condiment"), from Latin compositus ("composed"), from componere. compote, which was taken from modern French, and composite.