Compostとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒmpɒst/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑmpoʊst/
• ハイフネーション: com‧post

名詞

compost (countable and uncountable, plural composts)

1. The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

   Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker.

   • 2014 April 21, Mary Keen, “You can still teach an old gardener new tricks: Even the hardiest of us gardeners occasionally learn useful new techniques [print version: Gardening is always ready to teach even the hardiest of us a few new tricks, 19 April 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎, page G7:

     [T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.

2. (UK) A medium in which one can cultivate plants.

   Once the seed tray is filled with compost, insert the seeds spaced 3 cm apart from one another.

   • Royal Horticultural Society, Organic matter: what is it?‎, retrieved 29 March 2021:

     [T]he term 'compost' is commonly used to mean the material used to fill pots, seed trays and containers.

3. (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, God's Complaint Against Revolters:

     A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.

派生語

動詞

compost (third-person singular simple present composts, present participle composting, simple past and past participle composted)

1. To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

   If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.

派生語

参考

• mulch (sometimes used interchangeably with compost)
• humus

アナグラム

• compots