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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mulch /mʌltʃ/USA pronunciation n. - Botanya covering, as of straw, spread on the ground around plants to prevent loss of water or soil, etc.: [uncountable]Spread mulch around the plants.[countable]a good, solid mulch.
v. [~ + object] - Botanyto cover with mulch.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mulch (mulch),USA pronunciation n. - Botanya covering, as of straw, compost, or plastic sheeting, spread on the ground around plants to prevent excessive evaporation or erosion, enrich the soil, inhibit weed growth, etc.
v.t. - Botanyto cover with mulch.
- 1650–60; noun, nominal use of obsolete mulch (adjective, adjectival), Middle English molsh soft, Old English myl(i)sc mellow; cognate with dialect, dialectal German molsch soft, overripe
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mulch /mʌltʃ/ n - half-rotten vegetable matter, peat, etc, used to prevent soil erosion or enrich the soil
vb - (transitive) to cover (the surface of land) with mulch
Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete mulch soft; related to Old English mylisc mellow; compare dialect German molsch soft, Latin mollis soft |