MULCH
What does "MULCH" mean?
A protective layer of material spread over soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
Meanings
- Material such as bark, leaves, straw, or compost spread on soil to enrich it, hold moisture, and block weeds. She spread a thick layer of bark mulch around the roses.
- To cover soil or plants with such a layer. Mulch the beds in autumn to protect the roots from frost.
Word origin
Likely from the dialectal English adjective 'mulch', 'soft, beginning to decay', related to Middle English 'molsh' and ultimately to Old English 'melsc', 'mellow'.
Remember it
MULCH sounds like a soft 'squish' - and it rhymes with 'gulch'; picture leaves squelching down into a gulch of soil.
A little poem
Last summer's dead leaves
tucked dark around the new shoots-
the garden's slow gift.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the gardener trust the mulch with secrets? Because it always kept things under cover and never let the weeds get out.
What it teaches
What's finished can still feed what's beginning; decay laid down on purpose becomes shelter.
Quick facts
What does MULCH mean?
A protective layer of material spread over soil to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
Is MULCH a valid word?
Yes — MULCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MULCH?
MULCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MULCH come from?
Likely from the dialectal English adjective 'mulch', 'soft, beginning to decay', related to Middle English 'molsh' and ultimately to Old English 'melsc', 'mellow'.
What can MULCH teach us?
What's finished can still feed what's beginning; decay laid down on purpose becomes shelter.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.