topsoil
topsoil noun: the upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
Noun
topsoil (countable and uncountable, plural topsoils)
- The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
- Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil.
- Without urgent action, the majority of the Earth’s topsoil could be severely degraded or lost before the end of this century. In China, topsoil is being lost fifty-seven times faster than this natural replacement process; in Europe seventeen times faster.2013, Al Gore, “Outgrowth”, in The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 183
- Synonyms:
- callow
Verb
topsoil (third-person singular simple present topsoils, present participle topsoiling, simple past and past participle topsoiled)
- To remove the topsoil from.
topsoil meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
topsoil in Tamil
- மேல்மண், மேல் மண்
topsoil in Tagalog
- upper layer of soil
- dayagsulip
Examples of topsoil in a sentence
- Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil.
- Dragline excavators are particularly useful in strip mining, where they remove the overburden or topsoil.
- You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.
Synonyms of topsoil
Forms of topsoil
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | topsoils |
| alternative form | top soil |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | topsoils |
| present participle | topsoiling |
| past participle | topsoiled |
| past | topsoiled |
Origin of topsoil
From top + soil.
Questions about topsoil
- What does topsoil mean?
- Topsoil means the upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
- What is topsoil in Tamil?
- Topsoil in Tamil is மேல்மண், மேல் மண். See Topsoil meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is topsoil?
- Topsoil can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of topsoil?
- The plural of topsoil is topsoils.
Words near topsoil in the dictionary
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