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swelling soil

swelling soil noun: a soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.

Noun

swelling soil (countable and uncountable, plural swelling soils)

  1. A soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.
    • The most common mineral that causes swelling soil is smectite (montmorillonite).

Forms of swelling soil

pluralswelling soils

Questions about swelling soil

What does swelling soil mean?
Swelling soil means a soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.
What part of speech is swelling soil?
Swelling soil is a noun.
What is the plural of swelling soil?
The plural of swelling soil is swelling soils.

Words near swelling soil in the dictionary

  1. swellheads
  2. swellies
  3. swelligant
  4. swellin'
  5. swelling
  6. swelling soil
  7. swelling soils
  8. swelling tape
  9. swelling tapes
  10. swelling the ranks
  11. swelling up

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