leaf mold

1. 1.

   soil composed mainly of decaying leaves

   Synonymsleaf mouldleaf soil

   Broadermold

Questions about leaf mold

What does leaf mold mean?

leaf mold means "soil composed mainly of decaying leaves".

What is another word for leaf mold?

Close synonyms include leaf mould, leaf soil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaf mold a common word?

leaf mold is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.