dibble

Pointed planting tool

A dibble is a pointed hand tool for making holes in soil to plant seeds or bulbs.

The verb means to make such holes or to plant using one: She dibbled the tulip bulbs along the fence line.

Also called a dibber.

tool

trowel

Flat blade for spreading

  • spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
  • hoeWeeding and tilling implement
  • forkTined eating tool

rake · weeder · transplanter · cultivator · auger · punch · awl · planter · probe · peg

planting

seedling

Recently sprouted young plant

cutting · slip · plug · start · seed · hole · spacing · depth · row · grid

action

poke

Sharp, quick thrust

  • punchStrike with fist
  • boreTiresome individual or drill
  • pierceMake hole through

insert · push · press · thrust · plunge · jab · prod · space · row · depth

soil

earth

Soil or electrical grounding

  • loamFertile soil mixture
  • clayMoldable earth for ceramics
  • siltWaterborne earth particles

topsoil · seedbed · furrow · row · trench · bed · plot · ground · dirt · prepared

Categories
Opposites
soil action

dibbletamper

Interfere harmfully

rake · leveler · filler · compactor

gardening function

dibbletamper

Interfere harmfully

weeder · extractor · puller · roller · trowel

Family

dibbling, dibber, dibbler

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G