Noun: mulch
| Singular | mulch |
| Plural | mulches |
Sample Sentences
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An organic mulch is a mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings.
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An interim report by investigators from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch found extensive evidence of crushed leaf mulch on the railhead at many sites on the approach to Salisbury Tunnel Junction. [2022 March 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Salisbury crash: slippery rails caused by autumn leaves”, in RAIL, number 952, page 12:]
Nouns inflected like mulch
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh (“soft”), from Old English melsċ, milisċ (“mellow; mild; sweet”, literally “honeyed”), probably from Proto-Germanic *mili (“honey”). Compare Icelandic milska (“a honeyed beverage”). See: Middle English Nouns '
melsche', Icelandic Nouns '
milska'.
Verbs referencing "mulch"
English Nouns
muffle, Polish Nouns
mulcz, German Nouns
Mulch, Russian Nouns
мульча, Hungarian Nouns
mulcs.