How do you use the word "compost" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "compost" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "compost": Spread compost on the garden beds before planting your seedlings. It's important to get the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio right in a compost heap.

Compost Meaning

/ˈkɒm.pɒst/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

nounA medium in which one can cultivate plants.

Sentence Examples

Spread compost on the garden beds before planting your seedlings.

It's important to get the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio right in a compost heap.

CEFR Practice Quiz

She spread nutrient-rich ____ over the garden soil to help the plants grow.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We use nutrient-rich ____ from kitchen scraps to naturally fertilize our garden.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker." — c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

"[T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground." — 2014 April 21, Mary Keen, “You can still teach an old gardener new tricks: Even the hardiest of us gardeners occasionally learn useful new techniques [print version: Gardening is always ready to teach even the hardiest of us a few new tricks, 19 April 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), page G7:

"[T]he term 'compost' is commonly used to mean the material used to fill pots, seed trays and containers." — Royal Horticultural Society, Organic matter: what is it?, retrieved 29 Mar 2021:

"A sad compost of more bitter than sweet." — a. 1660, Henry Hammond, God's Complaint Against Revolters:

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