subsoil

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subsoil

/ˈsʌbsɔɪl/

noun subsoils

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 subsoils · subsoiling · subsoiled

transitive To turn up the subsoil of.

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noun layer of earth below topsoil

Español	subsuelo
中文	底土
Français	sous-sol
Deutsch	Unterboden
Italiano	sottosuolo
Русский	матери́к materík, не́дра nédra

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@misc{subsoil_2026,
  title = {subsoil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subsoil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}