MARL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("marl" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

Derivation:

marly (of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl)

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