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Mulch vs Gulch - What's the difference?

mulch | gulch |

As nouns the difference between mulch and gulch

is that mulch is mulch while gulch is a ravine-like or deep v-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

As a verb gulch is

(obsolete) to swallow greedily; to gulp down.

mulch

English

Noun

  • (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.
    • An organic mulch''' is a '''mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings.
  • (countable, agriculture) A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch.

    • Derived terms

    * inorganic mulch * mulch depth * organic mulch

    See also

    * compost * humus

    Verb

    (es)
  • (agriculture) To apply mulch.
    • Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down.
  • (agriculture) To turn into mulch.
    • I decided to mulch the grass clippings.

    Derived terms

    * mulcher * mulching mower

    gulch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
  • (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
  • (obsolete) A glutton.
    • (Ben Jonson)