mulch

mʌltʃ

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Definition of mulch - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

general useany material used to cover soil in gardening

The garden beds were covered with a thick layer of mulch..

ground cover

soil protectionlayer of organic matter preventing soil erosion

Mulch helps in reducing soil erosion on slopes.

ground cover

Verb

tr.

gardeningcover ground around plants with material to protect soil

They decided to mulch the garden beds to retain moisture..

cover

compostingshred organic material to spread as protective garden cover

They mulch leaves to enrich the garden.

compost

fertilize

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any material used to cover soil in gardening
layer of organic matter preventing soil erosion

Origin of mulch

Middle English, molsh (soft) + -en (to make)

Terms with mulch included in their meaning

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mulcher

yard equipment

machine that grinds plant material into mulch

mulched

adj.

covered soil

treated with mulch

Examples of mulch in a sentence

They used mulch to keep the weeds down.
Gardeners often use mulch to retain moisture.
The mulch provided a habitat for beneficial insects.
We need to mulch before the first frost.
He plans to mulch the flower beds this weekend.
Farmers mulch grass clippings to improve soil health.

We mulch the garden waste every autumn.

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French:paillis, pailler, ...
German:Bodenabdeckung, mulchen, ...
Italian:pacciame, pacciamare, ...
Spanish:mantillo, acolchar, ...
Portuguese:cobertura morta, cobrir com cobertura morta, ...
Chinese:覆盖物, 覆盖护根物, ...
Japanese:マルチ, マルチングする, ...
Arabic:مِهاد, غَطَّى, ...
Hebrew:חִיפּוּי קַרְקַע, לְחַפּוֹת אֶת הַקַּרְקָע, ...
Russian:мульча, мульчировать, ...
Ukrainian:мульча, мульчувати, ...
Hindi:मल्च, पौधों के चारों ओर मिट्टी पर सुरक्षात्मक परत बिछाना, ...
Bengali:মালচ, মালচ দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:encoixinat, cobrir amb encoixinat, ...
Czech:mulč, mulčovat, ...
Danish:jorddække, dække med barkflis, ...
Dutch:mulch, mulchen, ...
Greek:εδαφοκάλυψη, καλύπτω με εδαφοκάλυψη, ...
Hungarian:mulcs, mulcsozni, ...
Khmer:សម្ភារៈគ្របដី, គ្របដីជុំវិញរុក្ខជាតិ, ...
Korean:멀칭, 멀칭하다, ...
Persian:مالچ, مالچ‌پاشی کردن, ...
Polish:ściółka, ściółkować, ...
Portuguese (BR):palha, aplicar palha, ...
Romanian:mulci, a mulci, ...
Swedish:täckmaterial, mulcha, ...
Thai:วัสดุคลุมดิน, คลุมดิน, ...
Turkish:malç, malçlamak, ...
Vietnamese:lớp phủ, phủ gốc, ...

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