Marl

Quick meaning: Marl is a noun meaning (transitive) To cover (the ground) with marl (noun sense).

Meaning

(transitive) To cover (the ground) with marl (noun sense).

More Meanings

1. (nautical) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
2. (Australia) A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia.
3. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.

Example Sentences

Those loved unhappy shades whom Dante turned / To sticks and marl

... uneasie steps / Over the burning Marle, not like those steps / On Heavens Azure.

Important marl and marine-shell deposits are worked in Michigan, Virginia, and Florida.

The surroundings were unearthly. It was not a fish setting—only bare rock, no trees, pungent sagebrush, and marl dust floating when a truck passed.

Word Forms

• marls
• marle
• marling
• marled

Synonyms for marl

Depending on context, synonyms include marline.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include limestone, greensand, fertilizer, vain, marlite, marlstone.

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