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# compost

«compost» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dark, crumbly mixture made from rotted plant and food…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (compost — uncountable); verb (compost, composts, composted, composting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dark, crumbly mixture made from rotted plant and food waste, used to feed the soil and help plants grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#m1)

2) (verb) To put waste such as peelings and leaves in a heap or bin so it rots into compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, composting shows decomposition: worms, fungi and bacteria break down dead plants. In everyday life families keep a compost bin for fruit peel, tea bags and grass. It helps reduce rubbish (recycling). Phrases: «compost heap», «compost bin», «garden compost».

### examples

- We put apple cores in the compost bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x1)
- Worms help turn waste into compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x2)
- Gran digs compost into her vegetable beds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x3)
- Do not put meat or plastic in the compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x4)
- The compost heap felt warm inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x5)
- Our class started composting the fruit from snack time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x6)
- Compost makes the soil rich and dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/#x7)

### note

Uncountable noun: «some compost», not «a compost». Stress: «COM-post». Rotting is slow; compost can take months. Wash your hands after touching compost.

### In the corpora

- [Many zoos turn elephant dung into compost for gardens, and in some countries it is even made into paper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/11/)
- [A compost heap gets warm because microbes break down the scraps and release energy as heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/18/)
- [Food scraps can be composted: microbes break them down into compost, which feeds plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/11/)
- [Rubbish goes in the right bin: recycling, compost or general waste.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/9/)
- [Put lunch rubbish in the right bin: recycling, compost or general waste.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/307-marks-group-work-helpers-at-school-and-learning-skills/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «compost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.