marl
/mɑrl/
verb
- To spread or treat soil with marl.
- The old farmer taught us how to marl the land properly.
- They marl the fields every spring to enrich the earth.
- If you marl the garden, the vegetables will grow much better.
noun
- A loose, crumbly soil or rock made of clay and calcium carbonate, used as a fertilizer for soil that is too acidic.
- Farmers spread marl on their fields to improve crop growth.
- The garden soil was poor, so we added marl to balance the pH.
- Geologists found a layer of marl beneath the topsoil in the valley.
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