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# mulch

«mulch» in Mova's school dictionary: **A layer of material such as bark, leaves, straw or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mulch, mulches — usually uncountable); verb (mulch, mulches, mulched, mulching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A layer of material such as bark, leaves, straw or compost spread on soil around plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#m1)

2) (verb) To spread mulch on soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in gardening and science about plants and soil: mulch keeps soil moist, keeps weeds down, and as it rots it adds nutrients. In a school garden, children might spread bark mulch. Phrases: "a layer of mulch", "bark mulch", "mulch the beds".

### examples

- We put a layer of mulch round the tomato plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x1)
- Mulch helps the soil stay damp in hot weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x2)
- The school garden is mulched with wood chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x3)
- Grandma mulched her roses with compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x4)
- Worms love the leaves we use as mulch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x5)
- Mulch stops weeds from growing so fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x6)
- Spread the mulch, but don't pile it against the stems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable: "some mulch", "a layer of mulch". Rhymes with "gulch". Not the same as "much".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mulch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mulch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.