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How to use marl in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Marl means 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: “Greenshields was the contractor selected to build the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.”

Examples of marl by meaning

nounA mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and...

  • Greenshields was the contractor selected to build the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, pages 486-487
  • Important marl and marine-shell deposits are worked in Michigan, Virginia, and Florida.1955, Robert Herman Bogue, The chemistry of portland cement, page 39
  • It was not a fish setting—only bare rock, no trees, pungent sagebrush, and marl dust floating when a truck passed.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 231

More sentences with marl

  • In areas of peat soils, bald cypress dominates, and in marl soils, pond cypress dominates.2016 November 3, Thomas E. Lodge, The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fourth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry pond cypress
  • The geological subsoil is either moraine and sandy molass or, rarely, clay-rich molass marl.1992, T. Schneider, Acidification Research: Evaluation and Policy Applications, page 451. From the entry molass
  • Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics.1956, Robert William Abbett, American civil engineering practice - Volume 1, page 7-25. From the entry marlacious
  • He also documented some intercalated mottled reddish clays and marls, and the upper horizons containing bluish clays with conglomerate beds.2015, Megh Raj Dhital, “Siwaliks of Arun–Tamar Region”, in Geology of the Nepal Himalaya: Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided…. From the entry conglomerate
  • Cliffs of conglomerate or marl are covered with a layer of re-deposited limestone and look like hard rock.2008, I[oannis] N[ikolaou] Vogiatzakis, O. Rackham, “Crete”, in I. N. Vogiatzakis, G[loria] Pungetti, A[ntoinette] M. Mannion, editors…. From the entry scree
  • Grey marl and ribbed, with a cleverly turned foot she called a French heel that made them hold their own shape, like cartoon socks.2010, Belinda Bauer, Blacklands, page 105. From the entry French heel
  • In contrast, clumper growth may have decreased in marl because they are less physiologically integrated, limiting the clonal growth of ramets produced in resource-poor marl patches.2002, Chad Hershock, Plant Community Structure in Calcareous Fens, page 97. From the entry clumper

Meaning of marl

  1. noun 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.
  2. verb To cover (the ground) with marl (noun sense).
  3. verb To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

Full definition of marl

Questions about marl in a sentence

How do you use marl in a sentence?
Marl is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Greenshields was the contractor selected to build the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.”
What is a short sentence with marl?
“Important marl and marine-shell deposits are worked in Michigan, Virginia, and Florida.”
What does marl mean?
Marl means 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.

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