Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compost heap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: com-post heap
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost.

Inflected Forms

compost heaps (plural)

Synonyms

compost pile

Questions

What does compost heap mean?: a pile of garden or other organic waste which is left to decompose. See also compost.

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