: a protective covering (as of sawdust, compost, or paper) spread or left on the ground to reduce evaporation, maintain even soil temperature, prevent erosion, control weeds, enrich the soil, or keep fruit (such as strawberries) clean
mulch
transitive verb
Examples of mulch in a Sentence
She spread some mulch around the plants.
Recent Examples on the Web
Three months later, two women in a Subaru drove to Orcas Island and unloaded the bags of Wayne’s soil from the back seat — about 250 pounds of what looked like a fine, odorless wood-chip mulch.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Unlike the leathery leaves of the southern magnolia that defy decomposition, these leaves are thin and make an excellent mulch.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Unlike the leathery leaves of the southern magnolia that defy decomposition, these leaves are thin and make an excellent mulch.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for mulch
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“Mulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mulch. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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