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[syn: subsoil, undersoil]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subsoil \Sub"soil`\, n.
The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath
the surface soil.
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Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standard but no
moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary
plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without
bringing it to the surface. --Knight.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subsoil \Sub"soil`\, v. t.
To turn up the subsoil of.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subsoil
n 1: the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock [syn:
subsoil, undersoil]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsoil":
acres, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, clay, clod, crust, dirt,
dry land, dust, earth, freehold, glebe, grassland, ground, land,
landholdings, lithosphere, marginal land, marl, mold, real estate,
real property, region, regolith, sod, soil, subaerial deposit,
terra, terra firma, terrain, territory, the country, topsoil,
woodland