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Noun: compost pile
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: compost heap)
  1. A heap of manure, vegetation, and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost
    "They added kitchen scraps to the compost pile in their garden";
    - compost heap

Derived forms: compost piles

Type of: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile

Encyclopedia: Compost pile