mold
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4.4
- noun
- /moʊld/
- US
:
mantillo
- Half-empty cups and glasses stood on the nightstands, growing mold.
- leaf mold
- compost and mold
- soil with leaf mold
Examples
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Globs of black snow mold, for example, mark many small firs in whitebark stands.
Academic text (1998) -
Charlotte was scared of insects, and when the weather turned cool, the large roaches that bred outside in the leaf mold would come into the house in search of food at night.
Fiction book (1995) -
Of course, this meant that his feet kept losing purchase as leaves slipped under them, and he fell several times until he was covered with leaf mold and dirt, with bits of old leaves in his hair.
Fiction book (2000) -
The insurance company will refer you to companies that specialize in disaster restoration and mold remediation.
Blog text (20) -
Is vital to making sure that your soil stays loose and breathable and free of mold and algae and your plants will not mind it one bit.
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Up as high as we are, best stay below waterfalls with plenty of leaf mold, or you'll grow one crop of bad corn, eat it, get sick, and have to move.
Fiction book (2001) -
And organic matters such as peat, leaf mold, compost, or rooted... Rotted manure."
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So the mycorrhiza fungi will colonize the leaf mold or the the leaf mulch and create leaf mold.
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The gardener enriched the soil with leaf mold to promote healthy plant growth.
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In the forest, rich leaf mold provides essential nutrients for new trees.
Synonyms
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1.0
Top layer of the ground where plants grow
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2.3
Ground that is rich in nutrients and helps plants grow well
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4.9
Soil made mostly of dead leaves that have rotted to help plants grow
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A disease that makes a bluish-grey growth on the lower side of tobacco leaves and damages the plants
- Specialized
A slime mold that keeps its cells separate during its life cycle and does not form a single mass
- Specialized
A small ledge above a window or doorway that directs rain away from the wall
- Specialized
One large soft mass of living material that moves and is not divided into separate cells
- Specialized
A soft organism that becomes one large cell with many nuclei and moves slowly
- Specialized
An algorithm inspired by the slime mold that finds efficient routes in networks
- Specialized
A soft mass of many cells that moves like an amoeba and feeds on decaying plants
- Specialized
A small living thing like a fungus that lives in fresh water and can harm plants or animals
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mold meaning rich soil comes from an old word for 'earth' or 'ground', which is why mold can mean the dark, soft earth that helps plants grow.