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  • 31Compost bin — A compost bin is a container used to make compost. These bins are often made of hard plastic and are cylindrical in shape, sometimes resembling a barrel. Compost bins can be as simple as a square slatted enclosure or as sophisticated as a tumbler …

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  • 32Compost de alperujo — La molturación de la aceituna en el proceso de extracción del aceite de oliva genera un subproducto pastoso, el alperujo, con cierta capacidad contaminante de los suelos y de las aguas subterráneas y superficiales. Actualmente su tratamiento más… …

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  • 33compost — compostable, adj. composter, n. /kom pohst/, n. 1. a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil. 2. a composition; compound. v.t. 3. to use in compost; make compost of: to compost manure… …

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  • 34Compost — ► sustantivo masculino AGRICULTURA Mezcla de materia orgánica y minerales, utilizada para fertilizar y acondicionar suelos. * * * compost. m. Humus obtenido artificialmente por descomposición bioquímica en caliente de residuos orgánicos. * * * El …

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  • 35compost — [[t]kɒ̱mpɒst, AM poʊst[/t]] composts, composting, composted 1) N UNCOUNT Compost is a mixture of decayed plants and vegetable waste which is added to the soil to help plants grow. ...a small compost heap. 2) N MASS Compost is specially treated… …

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  • 36compost — n. & v. n. 1 a mixed manure, esp. of organic origin. b a loam soil or other medium with added compost, used for growing plants. 2 a mixture of ingredients (a rich compost of lies and innuendo). v.tr. 1 treat (soil) with compost. 2 make (manure,… …

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  • 37compost heap — noun a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost • Syn: ↑compost pile • Hypernyms: ↑pile, ↑heap, ↑mound, ↑agglomerate, ↑cumulation, ↑cumulus * * * ˈcompost …

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  • 38compost — {{11}}compost (n.) late 14c., compote, from M.Fr. composte mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also condiment, from V.L. *composita, properly fem. of L. compositus, pp. of componere to put together (see COMPOSITE (Cf.… …

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  • 39compost — 1 noun (U) a mixture of decayed plants, leaves etc used to improve the quality of soil: compost heap (=a place in a garden where you pile decayed leaves, plants etc in order to make compost) 2 verb (T) 1 to make plants, leaves etc into compost 2… …

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  • 40compost — {{#}}{{LM C09588}}{{〓}} {{SynC09817}} {{[}}compost{{]}} ‹com·post› {{◆}}(pl. compost){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Abono formado por la descomposición de residuos orgánicos, que posee un contenido equilibrado de sustancias nutrientes, microrganismos y… …

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