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Definition of Mulch
1. Verb. Cover with mulch. "Mulch the flowerbeds"
2. Noun. A protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion.
Definition of Mulch
1. n. Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture.
2. v. t. To cover or dress with mulch.
Definition of Mulch
1. Noun. (uncountable agriculture) Shredded vegetable (or occasionally mineral) matter used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture. ¹
2. Noun. (countable agriculture) A material used as mulch, as ''a decorative redwood bark mulch.'' ¹
3. Verb. (agriculture) To apply mulch. ¹
4. Verb. (agriculture) To turn into mulch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mulch
1. to provide with a protective covering for the soil [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Mulch
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulch
Literary usage of Mulch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"This earth-mulch may itself bo dust- dry, but it protect» the soil ... There is
more or less evaporation into the interstices of the earth-mulch itself, ..."
2. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"The corn stalk mulch gain is 935 quarts, and the strawy manure mulch gain is 717
quarts over the check, while the loss for the commercial fertilizer plot is ..."
3. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Homeowners might do well to take the same long view as Mother Nature by putting
yard waste to good use as organic mulch. Placing organic mulch around trees, ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"To prevent the escape of moisture from the surface of the soil, it is customary
to cover the ground with a mulch, from 1 to 3 inches in depth, of Utter, ..."
5. Strawberry-growing by Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher (1917)
"been protected with an earth mulch; Patrick Barry suggested this in 1850.
About one inch of soil is plowed over the plants in November; the following spring ..."
6. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"Sowing them early enough to make a good mulch then usually interferes with late
cultivation and the best development of the strawberry plants, ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"This earth-mulch may itself bo dust- dry, but it protect» the soil ... There is
more or less evaporation into the interstices of the earth-mulch itself, ..."
8. Annual Report by Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (1907)
"The corn stalk mulch gain is 935 quarts, and the strawy manure mulch gain is 717
quarts over the check, while the loss for the commercial fertilizer plot is ..."
9. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Homeowners might do well to take the same long view as Mother Nature by putting
yard waste to good use as organic mulch. Placing organic mulch around trees, ..."
10. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"To prevent the escape of moisture from the surface of the soil, it is customary
to cover the ground with a mulch, from 1 to 3 inches in depth, of Utter, ..."
11. Strawberry-growing by Stevenson Whitcomb Fletcher (1917)
"been protected with an earth mulch; Patrick Barry suggested this in 1850.
About one inch of soil is plowed over the plants in November; the following spring ..."
12. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"Sowing them early enough to make a good mulch then usually interferes with late
cultivation and the best development of the strawberry plants, ..."
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