compost heap

English

Compost heap, Kew Gardens, Greater London.

Noun

compost heap (plural compost heaps)

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

Synonyms

• compost pile

Translations

pile of organic waste

• Catalan: munt de compost m
• Dutch: messing (nl) f
• Finnish: kompostikasa
• German: Komposthaufen (de) m
• Irish: carn múirín m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: komposthaug m

  Nynorsk: komposthaug m

• Spanish: montón de compost m
• Swedish: komposthög c
• Welsh: tomen gompost f

References

• “compost heap”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.