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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 compostplay

  Familiarity information: COMPOST PILE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPOST PILE (noun)


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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