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COMPOST PILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compost pile mean?
• COMPOST PILE (noun)
The noun COMPOST PILE has 1 sense:
1. a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
Familiarity information: COMPOST PILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
compost heap; compost pile
Hypernyms ("compost pile" is a kind of...):
agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)
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