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compot

compot is the dated form of compote.

compot is the alternative form of kompot.

Meaning of compote

Noun

compote (plural compotes)

  1. A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
  2. A dish used for serving fruit.

Meaning of kompot

Noun (1)

kompot (usually uncountable, plural kompots)

  1. (usually) In Central and Eastern Europe, boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried) served either as a drink or a dessert depending on the region.
    • You can get kompot there too, an apricot-prune dessert served, Russian-style, in a glass.1972 June 16, Karen Brady, “Karen’s Korner: Opportunity Put Borscht on Menu”, in Buffalo Evening News, volume CLXXXIV, number 57, Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Evening News, Inc., →OCLC, section II, page...

Noun (2)

kompot (uncountable)

  1. A crude Polish preparation of heroin made from poppy straw.
    • [Thomas] O’Grady described the kompot as “kind of a distilled home brew” made from the straw of the poppy plant.1985 December 8, Bob Wiedrich, “East, West face same enemy: drugs”, in Chicago Tribune, 139th year, number 342, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 1, page 12, column 2

Forms of compot

pluralcompots

Questions about compot

What is compot the dated form of?
Compot is the dated form of compote.

Words near compot in the dictionary

  1. composture
  2. compostures
  3. composty
  4. composure
  5. composures
  6. compot
  7. compotation
  8. compotations
  9. compotator
  10. compotators
  11. compotatory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compot (page history and authors); compote (page history and authors); kompot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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