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sub·soil

(sŭb′soil′)

The layer or bed of earth beneath the topsoil.

tr.v. sub·soiled, sub·soil·ing, sub·soils

To plow or turn up the subsoil of.

sub′soil′er n.

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subsoil

(ˈsʌbˌsɔɪl)

(Geological Science)

a. Also called: undersoil the layer of soil beneath the surface soil and overlying the bedrock

b. (as modifier): a subsoil plough.

(Agriculture) (tr) to plough (land) to a depth below the normal ploughing level and so break up the subsoil

ˈsubˌsoiler n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sub•soil

(ˈsʌbˌsɔɪl)

n.

the bed or stratum of earth immediately under the surface soil. Also called undersoil.

[1790–1800]

sub·soil

(sŭb′soil′)

The layer of earth below the surface soil.

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subsoil

Past participle: subsoiled
Gerund: subsoiling

Imperative
subsoil
subsoil

Present
I subsoil
you subsoil
he/she/it subsoils
we subsoil
you subsoil
they subsoil

Preterite
I subsoiled
you subsoiled
he/she/it subsoiled
we subsoiled
you subsoiled
they subsoiled

Present Continuous
I am subsoiling
you are subsoiling
he/she/it is subsoiling
we are subsoiling
you are subsoiling
they are subsoiling

Present Perfect
I have subsoiled
you have subsoiled
he/she/it has subsoiled
we have subsoiled
you have subsoiled
they have subsoiled

Past Continuous
I was subsoiling
you were subsoiling
he/she/it was subsoiling
we were subsoiling
you were subsoiling
they were subsoiling

Past Perfect
I had subsoiled
you had subsoiled
he/she/it had subsoiled
we had subsoiled
you had subsoiled
they had subsoiled

Future
I will subsoil
you will subsoil
he/she/it will subsoil
we will subsoil
you will subsoil
they will subsoil

Future Perfect
I will have subsoiled
you will have subsoiled
he/she/it will have subsoiled
we will have subsoiled
you will have subsoiled
they will have subsoiled

Future Continuous
I will be subsoiling
you will be subsoiling
he/she/it will be subsoiling
we will be subsoiling
you will be subsoiling
they will be subsoiling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subsoiling
you have been subsoiling
he/she/it has been subsoiling
we have been subsoiling
you have been subsoiling
they have been subsoiling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subsoiling
you will have been subsoiling
he/she/it will have been subsoiling
we will have been subsoiling
you will have been subsoiling
they will have been subsoiling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subsoiling
you had been subsoiling
he/she/it had been subsoiling
we had been subsoiling
you had been subsoiling
they had been subsoiling

Conditional
I would subsoil
you would subsoil
he/she/it would subsoil
we would subsoil
you would subsoil
they would subsoil

Past Conditional
I would have subsoiled
you would have subsoiled
he/she/it would have subsoiled
we would have subsoiled
you would have subsoiled
they would have subsoiled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

subsoil

The layer of soil below topsoil which has a poorer structure and is usually less fertile.

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Noun

subsoil - the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

undersoil

dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

Translations

طَبَقَه من الأرْض تَحْت التُّرْبَه

půdní podloží

undergrund

Untergrund

sous-sol

altalaj

jarîvegsgrunnur

sottosuolo

podirvis

augsnes apakškārta

dypere jordlag

недра

pôdne podlažie

toprak altı

下层土底土

subsoil

[ˈsʌbsɔɪl] N → subsuelo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

subsoil

[ˈsʌbsɔɪl] n → sous-sol m

subsoil

[ˈsʌbˌsɔɪl] n → sottosuolo

subsoil

(ˈsabsoil) noun

the layer of earth beneath the surface soil.

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