What should I use: 'composed of' or 'composed from'?

We almost always use composed of, and not composed from:

“composed of” versus “composed from” chart

We refer to something's makeup (composed, made up) with the preposition of, which has a standard meaning that includes composition. Of is even used all by itself to mean composed of: "a ring of silver and gold".


Usual collocation is "of". It may read "consist of" E.g:

Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

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