MULCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mulch mean? 

• MULCH (noun)
  The noun MULCH has 1 sense:

1. a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion

  Familiarity information: MULCH used as a noun is very rare.

• MULCH (verb)
  The verb MULCH has 1 sense:

1. cover with mulch

  Familiarity information: MULCH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mulch" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Derivation:

mulch (cover with mulch)

• MULCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mulch    ... he / she / it mulches   
Past simple: mulched   
Past participle: mulched   
-ing form: mulching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with mulch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

mulch the flowerbeds

Hypernyms (to "mulch" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mulch (a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion)