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Vinony

subsoil

noun

  1. layer of soil under the topsoil on the surface of the ground
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɔɪl/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English soil English subsoil From sub- + soil.

  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.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English soil English subsoil From sub- + soil.

  1. To turn up the subsoil of.