He was spreading mulch in the flower beds.
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Mulch
//mʌlt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "mulch" (24 found)
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41 translations across 19 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- coberta del conreu noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- encoixinat noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- encoixinat noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- jaç protector noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 覆蓋物 /覆盖物 noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Dutch
3 entries- bodembedekking noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- mulch noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- mulchen verb (to apply mulch)
Esperanto
1 entries- mulĉo noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Estonian
1 entries- multš noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Finnish
2 entries- lehtikate noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- peittää lehtikatteella verb (to apply mulch)
French
3 entries- paillage noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- paillis noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- pailler verb (to apply mulch)
German
2 entries- Mulch noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- mulchen verb (to apply mulch)
Hungarian
2 entries- mulcs noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- talajtakarás noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Irish
1 entries- móta noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Italian
2 entries- pacciame noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- pacciamare verb (to apply mulch)
Mongolian
2 entries- хучлага noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- ᠬᠤᠴᠢᠯᠭᠠ noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Polish
3 entries- mulcz noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- mulczować verb (to apply mulch)
- zmulczować verb (to apply mulch)
Portuguese
2 entries- humo noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- manta noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Russian
2 entries- му́льча noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- мульчи́ровать verb (to apply mulch)
Spanish
4 entries- aserrín noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- mantillo noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- abonar verb (to apply mulch)
- cubrir con capote verb (to apply mulch)
Swedish
3 entries- komposttäckning noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- täckmedel noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
- täcka verb (to apply mulch)
Turkish
1 entries- malç noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мульча noun (shredded matter for covering the soil)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I've been lopping trees all afternoon and shredding them into mulch for the garden.
Source: tatoeba (2895645)
Feel free to take some of my mulch.
Source: tatoeba (10322433)
Despite the bark mulch, borage is sprouting up around the original plant.
Source: tatoeba (10333129)
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