Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protective covering, usually of organic matter such as leaves, straw, or peat, placed around plants to prevent the evaporation of moisture, the freezing of roots, and the growth of weeds.
- transitive verb To cover or surround with mulch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
mulsh .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cover or dress with mulch.
- noun Half-rotten straw, or any similar light, porous, organic substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to hinder weed growth and preserve moisture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable, agriculture
Shredded vegetable (or occasionally mineral) matter used to cover the toplayer ofsoil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourageweeds or retainmoisture . - noun countable, agriculture A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.
- verb agriculture To apply mulch.
- verb agriculture To turn into mulch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cover with mulch
- noun a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I am still not done, the mulch is too thin, although at least I have the hoe and a shovel now.
Tequila Lime Marinade for Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos Laura 2009
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I'm here to tell you today that FIVE and a half yards, total, of mulch is a LOT of much.
Southern Ingenuity or... The Curious Holts 2009
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Whilst my boys were having a good ole 'time up on the roof, I was doing what I do best - unloading mulch from the WTMC.
Thank you very mulch. The Curious Holts 2009
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And I am still not done, the mulch is too thin, although at least I have the hoe and a shovel now.
Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009
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The rubber mulch is far better than the grass in the ground.
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Incompletely extinguished cigarettes may smolder in mulch, leaves or potting soil until a breeze causes ignition, Teevan said.
Va. fire apparently from smoking materials Terri Rupar 2010
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Incompletely extinguished cigarettes may smolder in mulch, leaves or potting soil until a breeze causes ignition, Teevan said.
Cigarette started fire that burned five Manassas homes, officials say Martin Weil 2010
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The rubber mulch is far better than the grass in the ground.
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Incompletely extinguished cigarettes may smolder in mulch, leaves or potting soil until a breeze causes ignition, Teevan said.
Cigarette started fire that burned five Manassas homes, officials say Martin Weil 2010
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Quokka - just put a water lily on top pf the dead rats and call it mulch
yarb commented on the word mulch
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