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"word": "encoixinat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "覆蓋物"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fùgàiwù",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
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"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "mulch"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "muls"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "bodembedekking"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "mulĉo"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "multš"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "lehtikate"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paillis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "paillage"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mulch"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "mulcs"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "talajtakarás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pacciame"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xučlaga",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хучлага"
},
{
"code": "mn",
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"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠤᠴᠢᠯᠭᠠ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mulcz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "humo"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "múlʹča",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "му́льча"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mantillo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "komposttäckning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "täckmedel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"word": "malç"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mulʹča",
"sense": "shredded matter for covering the soil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мульча"
}
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"text": "Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down."
}
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"(agriculture) To apply mulch."
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"text": "I decided to mulch the grass clippings."
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"links": [
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"(agriculture) To turn into mulch."
],
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"lifestyle"
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"ipa": "/mʌlt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌltʃ"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-mulch.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "mulchen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "peittää lehtikatteella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "pailler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "mulchen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "pacciamare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mulczować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmulczować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mulʹčírovatʹ",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "мульчи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "cubrir con capote"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "cubrir con manitllo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "abonar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to apply mulch",
"word": "täcka"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"mulch"
],
"word": "mulch"
}
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