"subsoil" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subsoil.wav Forms: subsoils [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + soil. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|soil}} sub- + soil Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subsoil (countable and uncountable, plural subsoils)
  1. The layer of earth that is below the topsoil. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (layer of earth below topsoil): subsòl [masculine] (Catalan), sous-sol [masculine] (French), Unterboden [masculine] (German), pintamaanalus (Ingrian), gaíon [masculine] (Irish), fo-ithir [feminine] (Irish), sottosuolo [masculine] (Italian), ដីស្រទាប់ក្រោម (dəysrɑɑtŏəpkraom) (Khmer), fo-ooir [feminine] (Manx), ooir [feminine] (Manx), podglebie [neuter] (Polish), sutterren [masculine] (Romansch), terren sut [masculine] (Romansch), матери́к (materík) [masculine] (Russian), не́дра (nédra) [neuter, plural] (Russian), fo-ùir [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), subsuelo [masculine] (Spanish), alv [common-gender] (Swedish), kubsulip (Tagalog), isbridd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-subsoil-en-noun-e4a9979v

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subsoil.wav Forms: subsoils [present, singular, third-person], subsoiling [participle, present], subsoiled [participle, past], subsoiled [past]
Etymology: From sub- + soil. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|soil}} sub- + soil Head templates: {{en-verb}} subsoil (third-person singular simple present subsoils, present participle subsoiling, simple past and past participle subsoiled)
  1. (transitive) To turn up the subsoil of. Tags: transitive Derived forms: subsoiler
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Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "sub- + soil",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sub- + soil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subsoils",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsoiling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsoiled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsoiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "subsoil (third-person singular simple present subsoils, present participle subsoiling, simple past and past participle subsoiled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn up the subsoil of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To turn up the subsoil of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "subsoil"
  ],
  "word": "subsoil"
}

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