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subsoiler

subsoiler noun: a type of plough that loosens the subsoil.

subsoiler: a type of plough that loosens the subsoil
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Noun

subsoiler (plural subsoilers)

  1. A type of plough that loosens the subsoil.
    • Then I purchased ploughs, including a subsoiler, a harrow, cultivator, and other tools. One acre of the whole was in clover, another was set aside as being occupied by the dwelling-house, garden, stable, and barnyard; but much the larger half of that acre was allowed for garden purposes. This left...1864, Edmund Morris, “Chapter VI: Planting a peach orchard. How to preserve peach-trees”, in Ten Acres Enough: A Practical Experience Showing How a Very Small Farm May be Made to Keep a Very Large...

Forms of subsoiler

pluralsubsoilers

Origin of subsoiler

From subsoil + -er.

Questions about subsoiler

What does subsoiler mean?
Subsoiler means a type of plough that loosens the subsoil.
What part of speech is subsoiler?
Subsoiler is a noun.
What is the plural of subsoiler?
The plural of subsoiler is subsoilers.

Words near subsoiler in the dictionary

  1. subsociality
  2. subsocieties
  3. subsociety
  4. subsoil
  5. subsoiled
  6. subsoiler
  7. subsoilers
  8. subsoiling
  9. subsoilings
  10. subsoils
  11. subsolar

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