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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost.
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nouna heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
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compost pile
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan munt de compost
- munt de compostpile of organic waste
Czech kompost
- kompostpile of organic waste
Dutch messing
- messingpile of organic waste
Finnish kompostikasa
- kompostikasapile of organic waste
German Komposthaufen
- Komposthaufenpile of organic waste
Irish carn múirín
- carn múirínpile of organic waste
Norwegian Bokmål komposthaug
- komposthaugpile of organic waste
Spanish montón de compost
- montón de compostpile of organic waste
Swedish komposthög
- komposthögpile of organic waste
Welsh tomen gompost
- tomen gompostpile of organic waste
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compost heap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compost%20heap
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“compost heap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compost%20heap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compost heap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compost%20heap.
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