marl

marl is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
2. noun. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
3. noun. To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
4. noun. a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

Common word forms

marls, marled, marler, marling

Words from these letters

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