Mulch Definition

mŭlch
mulched, mulches, mulching
noun
Leaves, straw, peat moss, etc., spread on the ground around plants to prevent evaporation of water from soil, freezing of roots, etc. and for decoration.
Webster's New World
(countable, agriculture) A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To apply mulch to.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mulch

Noun

Singular:
mulch
Plural:
mulches

Origin of Mulch

  • Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh soft from Old English melsc mellow, mild mel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh (“soft"), from Old English melsc, milisc (“mellow, mild").

    From Wiktionary

Mulch Sentence Examples

  • Constant hoeing or harrowing to maintain a natural soil mulch layer of 2 or 3 in.

  • Mulch and water fruit trees and strawberries in dry weather, desisting when the fruit begins to ripen.

  • Nearly a month later black-face lambs are marked and the eild sheep are shorn - the shearing of mulch ewes being delayed till the second week of July.

  • A mulch of half-decayed stable litter is useful to prevent loss of moisture in summer.

  • A loose layer of earth spread over the surface of the soil acts in the same way, and a similarly effective mulch may be prepared by hoeing the soil, or stirring it to a depth of one or two inches with harrows or other implements.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUL

Words Ending With

HCHLCH

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