"compost heap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compost heaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compost heap (plural compost heaps)
  1. (horticulture) a pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost. Categories (topical): Horticulture Synonyms: compost pile Translations (pile of organic waste): munt de compost [masculine] (Catalan), messing [feminine] (Dutch), kompostikasa (Finnish), Komposthaufen [masculine] (German), carn múirín [masculine] (Irish), komposthaug [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), komposthaug [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), montón de compost [masculine] (Spanish), komposthög [common-gender] (Swedish), tomen gompost [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-compost_heap-en-noun-zsUfRIrn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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