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Definition

verb. breaks down into smaller parts or elements.

Example Sentence

The fallen tree slowly decomposes in the forest.

More Example Sentences

Food scraps decompose into rich soil.

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Rhymes

  • closes
  • dozes
  • hoses
  • noses
  • poses
  • rosa's
  • rosas
  • rose's
  • roses

  • composes
  • discloses
  • disposes
  • exposes
  • forecloses
  • imposes
  • opposes
  • proposes
  • supposes

  • decomposes
  • presupposes
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