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    Meaning of “wormery” in the English Dictionary

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    wormerynoun [ C ]

    uk ​ /ˈwɜːm.ər.i/ us ​ /ˈwɝːm.ər.i/

    › a container into which you put worms and waste food so that the worms will make the waste become compost (= a substance you add to earth to improve its quality)

    Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

    General and miscellaneous containers

    • bin
    • carton
    • casing
    • casket
    • clothes basket
    • coal bunker
    • coffer
    • gunnysack
    • hamper
    • hanging basket
    • hod
    • holder
    • punnet
    • receptacle
    • resealable
    • safe
    • safe deposit box
    • safety deposit box
    • sandpail
    • workbox

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    (Definition of “wormery” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

    Translations of “wormery”
     
    • in Chinese (Simplified)
    • in Chinese (Traditional)
    • 饲虫箱(箱中可放入蠕虫和食物残渣,蠕虫会把废物转化为堆肥,作土壤肥料之用)…

    • 飼蟲箱(箱中可放入蠕蟲和食物殘渣,蠕蟲會把廢物轉化為堆肥,作土壤肥料之用)…

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