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compost

[kom-pohst] / ˈkɒm poʊst /
NOUN
organic fertilizer
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Beyond new menu items, there’s more in the works, including community events like sound baths, comedy nights and classes on composting, native plants and parenting.

From Los Angeles Times

They hauled broken bits out of the pool and into the compost heap, and saved two avocados, a tomato, and ten more strawberries.

From Literature

A former audio producer of mine, Jackson Cantrell, left me for garbage or, as he puts it, an industrial composting start-up.

From Barron's

Last week, we reported on technology that turns loved ones into compost after death.

From The Wall Street Journal

My newest edible sidekick, Pierre the Pineapple, probably has a good two weeks of life before the flies come and Dad dumps him in the compost bin.

From Literature