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subsoils

subsoils is the plural of subsoil.

Meaning of subsoil

Noun

subsoil (countable and uncountable, plural subsoils)

  1. 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.1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28

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Questions about subsoils

What is subsoils the plural of?
Subsoils is the plural of subsoil.

Words near subsoils in the dictionary

  1. subsoiled
  2. subsoiler
  3. subsoilers
  4. subsoiling
  5. subsoilings
  6. subsoils
  7. subsolar
  8. subsolary
  9. subsolid
  10. subsolidus
  11. subsolution

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