subsoil

«subsoil» in Mova's school dictionary: the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (subsoil — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Subsoil is the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has less humus, is often harder, and lies above the rock. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography: the soil layers are topsoil, subsoil and bedrock. Plant roots go down into the subsoil to find water. Gardeners and builders dig into it. Phrases: topsoil and subsoil, clay subsoil.

examples

• The subsoil is lighter in colour than the topsoil. tree →
• Deep roots grow down into the subsoil. tree →
• The builders dug through the subsoil to the rock. tree →
• Our garden has a heavy clay subsoil. tree →
• Worms are fewer in the subsoil than in the topsoil. tree →
• Draw the layers: topsoil, subsoil and bedrock. tree →

note

Uncountable. "Sub" means under. Layers from top: topsoil, subsoil, bedrock. Subsoil has fewer nutrients than topsoil.

In the corpora

• Soil has layers called horizons: dark topsoil, paler subsoil below, and broken rock above the bedrock.
• Topsoil is the dark upper layer with the most humus and life; below it lie subsoil and then solid rock.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «subsoil» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.