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swelling soils

swelling soils is the plural of swelling soil.

Meaning of swelling soil

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).

Questions about swelling soils

What is swelling soils the plural of?
Swelling soils is the plural of swelling soil.

Words near swelling soils in the dictionary

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

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