Spread compost on the garden beds before planting your seedlings.
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Compost
//ˈkɑmpoʊst//
Synonyms for "compost" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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8 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 31 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- компо́ст noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- компостирам verb (to produce compost)
Catalan
2 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- compostar verb (to produce compost)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 堆肥 noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Czech
2 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostovat verb (to produce compost)
Danish
2 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostere verb (to produce compost)
Dutch
2 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- composteren verb (to produce compost)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompoŝto noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Finnish
3 entries- komposti noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostimulta noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostoida verb (to produce compost)
French
1 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Galician
3 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- estrume noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- compostar verb (to produce compost)
German
2 entries- Kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostieren verb (to produce compost)
Greek
2 entries- κοπρόχωμα noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- φουσκί noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Ido
2 entries- dungo noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- komposto noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Indonesian
1 entries- kompos noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Italian
2 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- compostare verb (to produce compost)
Japanese
2 entries- コンポスト noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- 堆肥 noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Korean
2 entries- 콤포스트 noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- 퇴비 noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Macedonian
1 entries- компост noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Māori
3 entries- onepōpopo noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- whakapopo verb (to produce compost)
- whakapōpopo verb (to produce compost)
Norwegian
1 entries- kompostere verb (to produce compost)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Polish
2 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostować verb (to produce compost)
Portuguese
2 entries- composto noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- compostar verb (to produce compost)
Russian
2 entries- компо́ст noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- перегно́й noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Slovak
1 entries- kompostovať verb (to produce compost)
Slovene
2 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostirati verb (to produce compost)
Spanish
2 entries- compost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- compostar verb (to produce compost)
Swedish
2 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
- kompostera verb (to produce compost)
Turkish
1 entries- kompost noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phân trộn noun (decayed remains of organic matter)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Do you compost?
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It's important to get the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio right in a compost heap.
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Tom's compost heap got so hot that it spontaneously combusted.
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