dibble

• Sustantivo que designa una pequeña herramienta manual usada en jardinería para hacer agujeros en la tierra al plantar semillas, bulbos o plantones.

A noun referring to a small hand tool used in gardening for making holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or seedlings.

1. Gardening toolB2formal

   A small pointed tool used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or young plants.

   Plantador manual

   • He used a dibble to plant the tulip bulbs in the garden.
   • The gardener's dibble had a wooden handle and a metal tip.
   • She made neat rows of holes with her dibble before sowing the seeds.

   Sinónimosdibber

• Verbo anticuado que significa mojar o salpicar, o pescar con una caña de fondo. También se usa en jardinería para referirse a hacer agujeros en la tierra con un plantador o estaquilla para plantar.

An obsolete verb meaning to dip or dangle, or to fish with a dibble (a type of fishing rod). Also used in gardening to mean to make holes in soil with a dibber for planting.

1. Plant using a dibbleC1formal

   To make a hole in the ground with a dibble (a pointed tool) for planting seeds, bulbs, or young plants.

   Plantar con plantador (dibble)

   • The gardener dibbled the seeds into the prepared soil.
   • She carefully dibbled the bulbs at the correct depth.
   • He taught me how to dibble seedlings for the vegetable patch.