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soilless

soilless adjective: lacking home soil; dispossessed.

Adjective

soilless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking home soil; dispossessed
    • If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.1910, Emma Goldman, “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37
  2. Not using or containing soil
    • One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.2007 October 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times

Origin of soilless

From soil + -less.

Words formed from soilless

Questions about soilless

What does soilless mean?
Soilless means lacking home soil; dispossessed.
What part of speech is soilless?
Soilless is an adjective.

Words near soilless in the dictionary

  1. soiliness
  2. soiling
  3. soilings
  4. soilish
  5. soilization
  6. soilless
  7. soillessness
  8. soillike
  9. soilproof
  10. soilpunk
  11. soils

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