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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

Whereas adult clams can move about using their muscular foot, adult oysters are sessile and remain fixed to the substratum.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of substratum

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Since very few larger organisms (worms and clams excepted) can live in mud, mud makes an excellent medium for studying past climates by examining the stratified sediments at the bottom of water bodies.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026
If Lake Powell reaches dead pool, the water in the reservoir would become shallow and warm, causing fish die-offs and algae blooms and becoming filled with sediment.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of sediment

Noun

At a final construction update held near the crossing Thursday, Robert Rock, lead landscape architect and principal designer for the crossing, explained that the soil in the area is rich in clay and silt.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
This last characteristic is great for worms and bivalves that vibrate their way through it, but not so great when earthquakes cause silts and clays to slump into landslides.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of silt

Noun

But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Lundberg’s grandfather came to California in 1937, leaving behind the Midwest where the rain had quit for years and the plowed topsoil had blown away.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of topsoil

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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

Spanning parts of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, the area is best known for its rolling green hills, shaped over thousands of years by windblown sediment called loess.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of loess

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