subsoil

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌbsɔɪl/

Definition of subsoil

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.
    “In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.
    “In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To turn up the subsoil of.

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Etymology

From sub- + soil.

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