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October 2019
compost
(KAHM-post)
To create soil from a mixture of food scraps and other natural items, such as rotten leaves. This boy is composting vegetables.
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rot
(raht)
To break down. When fruits and vegetables rot, they often turn soft and brown. This pumpkin is rotting.
antpkr/Shutterstock.com (Grass); iStockPhoto/Getty Images (Pumpkin); CSP_bdspn/AGE Fotostock (Rotting)
soil
(soyl)
Earth in which plants grow.
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