Definition & Meaning | English word COMPO

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Definitions of COMPO

1. Abbreviation of compensation.
2. Abbreviation of composition.
3. Abbreviation of competition.
4. A surname.
5. A CDP in Fairfield County, Connecticut, US.

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Examples of Using COMPO in a Sentence

• Composition ornament or "compo", moulded resin mixture used to form decorative mouldings, particularly for picture frames.
• Born at Acton Green, London to a working-class family (his father a staunchly left-wing tram driver), Owen made his first film appearance in 1945, but did not achieve lasting fame until 1973, when he took the co-starring role of William "Compo" Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.
• During the Revolutionary War, on April 25, 1777, a British force of 1,850 under the command of the Royal Governor of the Province of New York, Major General William Tryon, landed on Compo Beach to destroy the Continental Army's military supplies in Danbury.
• Lifeline (Silkheart Records 1988) - William Hooker Quartet featuring Alan Michael, Claude Lawrence, William Parker, Mark Hennen, Charles Compo, Masahiko Kono.
• After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo.
• The men consisted of Paul Wyett as the scruffy and immature Compo Simmonite; David Fenwick as meek and deep-thinking Norman Clegg; Paul McLain as snobbish ladder-climber Seymour Utterthwaite; Richard Lumsden as the eager soldier Foggy Dewhurst; Gary Whitaker as the love-smitten Wally Batty; and Paul Oldham as their friend, Sherbert.
• The IMPs appeared in the Canadian Forces in the 1980s, replacing early canned rations (Individual Ration Pack (IRP), Canadian Army Mess Tin Ration, Compo rations).
• He was heavily involved with the music part of the Demoscene and ran Groovy Compo - a bi-weekly tracker based internet competition first started by Mick Rippon.
• He was a Tory and a self-important know-it-all with upper-class aspirations, who often dissociated himself from the other two, especially Compo, as he considered himself superior to them.
• Danbury (part; also 5th), Darien (including Darien Downtown, Noroton, Noroton Heights, and Tokeneke), Greenwich (including Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Greenwich CDP, Indian Field, Old Greenwich, Pemberwick, Riverside, and Rock Ridge), New Canaan (including New Cannan CDP), Norwalk, Redding (part of Georgetown, Redding Center, and Topstone), Ridgefield (including Lakes East, Lakes West, Mamanasco Lake, Ridgebury, Ridgefield CDP, Route 7 Gateway, and West Mountain), Stamford, Weston (including part of Georgetown and Weston CDP), Westport (including Coleytown, Compo, Greens Farms, Old Hill, Poplar Plains, Saugatuck, Staples, and Westport Village), Wilton (including Cannondale, part of Georgetown, South Wilton, and Wilton Center).
• In his later life, Compo, Norman and a third man (such as Cyril) roamed the hills around Holmfirth, getting involved with harebrained schemes to keep themselves one step ahead of boredom.
• Composition ornament ("compo") is a mouldable thermoplastic compound, consisting of powdered chalk mixed with collagen (hide glue), resin (pine rosin) and linseed oil; worked either by hand or more usually pressed into moulds to produce decorative work.
• Along the way he fought a collection of small boxers that included Eddie Compo, Buddy Hayes, Tommy Stenhouse, Nick Stato, Miguel Acevedo, Willie Pep, Dennis Pat Brady, Harry LaSane, Charley Riley, Jackie Graves, Paddy DeMarco, Percy Bassett, Art Aragon, Corky Gonzalez, Arthur King, Federico Plummer, George Araujo, Tommy Collins, Tony DeMarco, Pat Mallane, Paul Jorgensen, Richie Howard, Kenny Lane, and a host of others with impressive records.

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