compost
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The meaning (definition) of the word compost
to turn old food scraps into rich soil for the garden
The word compost used in a sentence
“We put food scraps in the compost to make soil for plants.”
How the word compost is said around the world
| French | compost (kawnpawst) |
| Spanish | compost (kohmpohst) |
| Mandarin | 堆肥 (duī féi) |
| Hindi | खाद (kahd) |
| Arabic | السماد العضوي (ahssahmahd ahloodweey) |
| Russian | компост (kompost) |
| Portuguese (EU) | composto (koompohshtuu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | composto (kohmpohstuu) |
| Japanese | 堆肥 (taihi) |
| German | Kompost (kawmpawst) |
| Urdu | ھاد (huhahd) |
| Punjabi | ਖਾਦ (kahd) |
| Korean | 퇴비 (toebi) |
| Hebrew | קוֹמפּוֹסט (kohmpohst) |
| Greek | κοπρόχωμα (koprokhoma) |
| Dutch | compost (kawmpawst) |
| Tagalog | pag-aabono (pahgahbohnoh) |
| Vietnamese | phân hữu cơ (fuhn heew kur) |
| Turkish | kompost (kawmpawst) |
| Persian | کمپوست (kohmpohst) |
| Polish | kompost (kawmpawst) |
| Ukrainian | компост (kompost) |
| Bengali | কম্পোস্ট (kawmpohshtaw) |
| Swedish | kompost (kawmpawst) |
| Italian | compost (kohmpohst) |
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