compost heap
noun
variants
or chiefly US compost pile
: a pile of plant materials that are allowed to decay to create compost
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Potatoes with lots of greening should be tossed in the compost heap.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
Tending to a backyard compost heap calls for care and feeding to keep it active and in good health.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
For those faced with piles of dead cicadas during that period, one of the best ways to dispose of them is by throwing them in the compost heap.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Well, a pond and a tennis court and a wood chipper and a compost heap.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
After initially flying around the southern end of Central Park, Flaco moved up to the North Woods of the urban oasis, feasting on rodents at a compost heap and hanging out at a construction site, where photographers snapped images of him perching atop a yellow excavator.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember, too, that while some slugs will eat your plants, many live in your compost heap or in mulch layers on the soil, digesting dead plant material and playing their role in returning nutrients to the soil.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
Tending to a backyard compost heap calls for care and feeding to keep it active and in good health.
—Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
For those faced with piles of dead cicadas during that period, one of the best ways to dispose of them is by throwing them in the compost heap.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Well, a pond and a tennis court and a wood chipper and a compost heap.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
After initially flying around the southern end of Central Park, Flaco moved up to the North Woods of the urban oasis, feasting on rodents at a compost heap and hanging out at a construction site, where photographers snapped images of him perching atop a yellow excavator.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Remember, too, that while some slugs will eat your plants, many live in your compost heap or in mulch layers on the soil, digesting dead plant material and playing their role in returning nutrients to the soil.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Jan. 2023
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“Compost heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compost%20heap. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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