compost
noun/ˈkɑmpoʊst/
Frequency rank: #10,469 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
decayed organic matter used as fertilizer for soil.
Example sentence
She puts vegetable scraps and leaves into compost to help her garden grow.
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