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subsoil

noun

Definition of subsoil

as in substratum

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Recent Examples of subsoil Edgewater’s coastal subsoil is similar to that of the barrier island. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026 Its manganese-rich granite subsoils, combined with traditionally longer fermentations and macerations, produce wines with genuine cellar potential. — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Gro-Low sumac struggles like most other plants if the planting bed consists of rock-hard subsoil. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026 Venezuela legally retained subsoil ownership but granted or sold broad concessions to foreign operators, such as Royal Dutch-Shell. — Skip York, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsoil

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Noun

This has led to the fairly obvious conclusion that this substratum of Disney’s movie-making is nothing more than brand promotion and capital gain.

— Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
This was a copy of Mikhail’s unpublished autobiography, Leila explained, the substratum to his monumental Histoire de Baalbek’s six editions.

— Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

Definition of substratum

Noun

Fishing boats were stranded ashore, infrastructure was damaged and homes were surrounded by sediment left by receding waters.

— Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Initially, Republican officials in several rural Maryland jurisdictions, under the banner of the Clean Chesapeake Coalition, challenged the deal, as they had long been aggrieved by sediment overflow events from the at-capacity dam in Cecil County.

— Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of sediment

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As the waters receded in some areas, many families returned to homes buried under thick layers of silt, adding to the challenges of recovery.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Operating continuously beneath complex sub-river geology of riverbed silt and sand, the shield machine operated without intermediate access shafts.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of silt

Noun

This living ground cover prevents soil erosion, retains moisture, and adds organic matter to topsoil.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026
Research after previous wildfires found that up to 34% of properties still contained hazardous contamination, such as heavy metals, even after the debris had been removed and the topsoil scraped away.

— Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of topsoil

Noun

Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Given time enough, gravity will return those rocks to their long sleep in the loam.

— Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Definition of loam

Noun

Freshman Ben Smith became the first NCAA outdoor champion for Oregon in the shot put since Dean Crouser (1982) with a marl of 69-0 1/2.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Its striking blue-green hues and clarity—allowing visibility of 20 to 30 feet—are due to minimal organic runoff and calcium-rich marl sediment from its glacial origins.

— Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026

Definition of marl

Noun

The base played a critical role in national defense, housing a command bunker, planted deep into the regional loess, that was designed to withstand a nuclear blast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
The Rhône's predominantly granite soils versus Walla Walla's basalt bedrock, riverbed cobbles, and windblown loess.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of loess

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