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soil | American Dictionary

soil
noun[ C/U ]
us/sɔɪl/

soilnoun[C/U] (EARTH)

the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow; earth:
[ U ]Plant the seeds in potting soil.
Soil is sometimes a country:
[ U ]At the Olympics he was competing on foreign soil for only the third time in his life.
soil
verb[ T ]
us/sɔɪl/

soilverb[T] (MAKE DIRTY)

to make something dirty

soiled

adjectiveus/sɔɪld/
soiled diapers

Examples of soil

soil
A survey of soils for aggregate stability and glomalin, a glycoprotein produced by hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Compost-treated soils exhibited higher organic carbon content than inorganically fertilized soils, throughout the experimental period.
Although the soils are inherently fertile, deep and with good drainage, they have been depleted of nutrients over the years.
Aluminium contents showed great variability, with the largest amounts in soils from bare eroded plots.
Seedling emergence and yield of pearl millet on naturally crusted arid soils in relation to sowing and cultural methods.
The movement of contaminants through soils is extremely limited unless significant amounts of water are available.
Differences in geography, cultivars, rootstocks, soils, microclimate and growers' personal preferences determine the production practices and materials used in organic apple orchard management.
The topography was gently rolling, with thick peat extending in the lower parts and white sandy soils dominating in the upper parts.
The soils, flora, and fauna of a geographic region uninhabited by humans largely reflect climatic and geologic factors.
Influence of load and heat extraction on moisture transfer in freezing soils.
After freezing, the finer-grained soils also had greater pore-ice content in comparison.
Consequences of this process in relation to contaminant migration in freezing soils through time are discussed.
In general, dissolved nutrient concentrations revealed low availability of inorganic nutrients in soils.
Older soils are clearly distinguished from younger soils in having browner or reddish colours with an increased depth of oxidation.
They were recovered with a 5-inch bucket auger, and soils descriptions were per formed immediately.
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Collocations withsoil

soil

These are words often used in combination with soil.

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acidic soil
The successional system had a slightly more acidicsoil condition than the three other systems.
alluvial soil
The second is a more recently formed alluvialsoil that makes up the river banks and on which the gallery forests are found.
compacted soil
Also, forgotten paths and roads may have left strips of compactedsoil, which can last a long time.
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