"mulching" meaning in English

See mulching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mʌlt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mulching.wav
Etymology: From mulch + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mulch|ing}} mulch + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mulching (not comparable)
  1. (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mulching-en-adj-DeD1n~Q0 Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  2. (agriculture) Used as a mulch. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mulching-en-adj-JASrfheQ Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mulching mower

Noun

IPA: /mʌlt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mulching.wav Forms: mulchings [plural]
Etymology: From mulch + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mulch|ing}} mulch + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mulching (countable and uncountable, plural mulchings)
  1. (agriculture) The act of preparing/applying a mulch. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: rock mulching, self-mulching, stone mulching Related terms: composting Translations (the act of preparing/applying a mulch): paillage [masculine] (French), mulczowanie [neuter] (Polish), мульчирование (mulʹčirovanije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mulching-en-noun-Ea~eqjBp Categories (other): Agriculture, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 37 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 18 20 36 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 19 39 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 51 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 61 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 21 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 21 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 15 53 18 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

Verb

IPA: /mʌlt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mulching.wav
Etymology: From mulch + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mulch|ing}} mulch + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mulching
  1. present participle and gerund of mulch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mulch
    Sense id: en-mulching-en-verb-9YcJeUNh

Inflected forms

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