compo

plural compos

1. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of compensation.
   1. AustraliacountableslanguncountableWorkers' compensation.
2. Abbreviation of composition.
   1. attributivecountablehistoricalslanguncountablegovernmentCompo ration.

      Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.

      1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating

   2. countableuncountableA mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
   3. countableuncountableLime cement mortar.

      Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.

   4. countableuncountableball gamesA type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
3. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of competition.

   Some Demosceners claim, however, that the Demoscene is no longer a vital community, and that commercial sponsors of compos (competitions) have corrupted the community's original ethos.

   2013, Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner, Media Authorship, page 162

plural Compos

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.