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- Dictionarysoil/sɔɪl/
verb
- 1. make dirty: "he might soil his expensive suit" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. waste matter, especially sewage containing excrement.
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Soil is one of the principal substrata of life on Earth, serving as a reservoir of water and nutrients, as a medium for the filtration and breakdown of injurious wastes, and as a participant in the cycling of carbon and other elements through the global ecosystem.
Soil can be defined as a mixture of minerals, organic matter, and living organisms. In broader terms, it also refers to any loose sediment found on the earth’s surface
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil measuring and surveying device
What is Soil? Soils perform vital functions to sustain plant and animal life, regulate water flow, filter and buffer pollutants, cycle nutrients, and provide physical stability and sort. This definition is from the Soil Science Society of America.
Soil is a material composed of five ingredients — minerals, soil organic matter, living organisms, gas, and water. Soil minerals are divided into three size classes — clay, silt, and sand...
the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow; earth: [ U ] Plant the seeds in potting soil.
The meaning of SOIL is to stain or defile morally : corrupt. How to use soil in a sentence. to stain or defile morally : corrupt; to make unclean especially superficially : dirty…
