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vermicompost

vermicompost verb: to employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus.

vermicompost: to employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus
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Verb

vermicompost (third-person singular simple present vermicomposts, present participle vermicomposting, simple past and past participle vermicomposted)

  1. To employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus

Noun

vermicompost (countable and uncountable, plural vermicomposts)

  1. The product of worm composting; worm castings.
    Synonyms:
    vermicast

Synonyms of vermicompost

Forms of vermicompost

Verb
third-person singular presentvermicomposts
present participlevermicomposting
past participlevermicomposted
pastvermicomposted
Noun
pluralvermicomposts

Origin of vermicompost

From vermi- (“worm”) + compost.

Words formed from vermicompost

Questions about vermicompost

What does vermicompost mean?
Vermicompost means to employ worms to break down organic waste into soil or humus.
What part of speech is vermicompost?
Vermicompost can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of vermicompost?
The past tense of vermicompost is vermicomposted.

Words near vermicompost in the dictionary

  1. vermicide
  2. vermicides
  3. vermicious
  4. vermicle
  5. vermicles
  6. vermicompost
  7. vermicomposted
  8. vermicomposter
  9. vermicomposters
  10. vermicomposting
  11. vermicomposts

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