vermicompost

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verb

To employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus

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vermicast
OriginEnglish compost ← Latin vermis ← Proto-Italic *wormis →
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Meanings

verbvermicompost (third-person singular simple present vermicomposts, present participle vermicomposting, simple past and past participle vermicomposted)

present singular third person vermicomposts · participle present vermicomposting · participle past vermicomposted · past vermicomposted

  1. To employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus
nounvermicompost (countable and uncountable, plural vermicomposts)

plural vermicomposts

  1. countableuncountableThe product of worm composting; worm castings.

    Synonyms: vermicast

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe product of worm composting; worm castings.

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vermicast

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥mis
  2. Proto-Italic*wormis
  3. Latinvermis
  4. Englishvermi-
  5. Englishcompost
  6. Englishvermicompost

From vermi- (“worm”) + compost.

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APA

vermicompost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicompost

MLA

“vermicompost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicompost. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vermicompost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vermicompost.

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