All marl synonyms
marl
M m noun marl
- mud β wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- brick β Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
- earth β (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- land β Edwin Herbert, 1909β91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- dirt β Design In Real Time
- terrain β a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- shore β Jane, 1445?β1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
- surface β the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- coast β The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- clay β Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
- dust β earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- turf β a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- gravel β small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- sand β George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dΚΙrdΚ;; French ΚΙrΚ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804β76, French novelist.
- pottery β ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- till β up to the time of; until: to fight till death.
- adobe β Adobe is a mixture of mud and straw that is dried into bricks in the sun and used for building, especially in hot countries.
- bole β the trunk of a tree
- loam β a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loess β a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- kaolin β a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- argil β clay, esp potters' clay
- clod β A clod of earth is a large lump of earth.
- sod β the act of seething.
- muck β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- compost β Compost is a mixture of decayed plants and vegetable waste which is added to the soil to help plants grow.
- deposit β A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
- mold β loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- subsoil β the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- topsoil β the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- humus β the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
- glebe β Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- alluvium β a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- wacke β a poorly sorted sandstone containing fragments of rock and minerals in a clayey matrix.
- clunch β hardened clay
- ground β the act of grinding.
- soil β the act or fact of soiling.
- terra firma β firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
- peat moss β Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
- terrane β any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.