marl
pronunciation
How to pronounce marl in British English:
UK [mɑ:l]
How to pronounce marl in American English:
US [mɑrl]
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- Noun:
- a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime
Word Origin
- marl (n.)
- "clayey soil used for fertilizer," late 14c., from Old French marle (Modern French marne), from Late Latin marglia, diminutive of Latin marga "marl," which is said by Pliny to be a Gaulish word, but modern Celtic cognates are considered to be borrowed from English or French. As a verb by late 14c. Medieval Latin margila is the source of Dutch mergel, German Mergel.
Example
- 1. Geoffrey beene mens sa fancy sweater , graphite marl , large .
- 2. Marl soil , calcium from the summer wet season .
- 3. But farmers have churned up western messenia for6000years ; in some places the ground has eroded so deeply that they plow up the soft bedrock marl directly for soil .
- 4. Prepare the product specifications with the support and assistance of production department and evonik in marl as the basis of determining qualified and unqualified products , make sure to deliver qualified products .
- 5. Sometimes a rivulet suddenly bursts through a vault that has been begun , and inundates the laborers ; or a layer of marl is laid bare , and rolls down with the fury of a cataract , breaking the stoutest supporting beams like glass .