āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
decompose
/dËiËkÉmpËÉâĘz/
to decompose
01
āĻĒāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to break down into simpler parts or substances
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The compost pile is currently decomposing, turning kitchen scraps into compost.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§, āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻĒāĻāĻž
to cause something to break down or disintegrate into simpler substances
Transitive: to decompose organic matter
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Industrial enzymes are used to decompose cellulose into simpler sugars, which can then be fermented into biofuels.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
decomposable
decompose
compose
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
