subsoil

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[ˈsʌbsɔɪl], (Noun)

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- the soil lying immediately under the surface soil


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[ˈsʌbsɔɪl], (Verb)

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- plough (land) so as to cut into the subsoil
(e.g: we subsoiled the land first, as it had become very compacted)


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