Mulch vs Area - What's the difference?
mulch | area |
(uncountable, agriculture) Shredded vegetable (or occasionally mineral) matter used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
(countable, agriculture) A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.
(agriculture) To apply mulch.
(agriculture) To turn into mulch.
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (British) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
, title= (slang) Genitals.
As nouns the difference between mulch and area
is that mulch is mulch while area is area.mulch
English
Noun
- An organic mulch''' is a '''mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings.
Derived terms
* inorganic mulch * mulch depth * organic mulchSee also
* compost * humusVerb
(es)- Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down.
- I decided to mulch the grass clippings.
Derived terms
* mulcher * mulching mowerarea
English
Noun
(wikipedia area)Rob Dorit
Making Life from Scratch, passage=Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.}}
- (Charles Dickens)
Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.}}