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Subsoil

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsʌbsɔɪl

Definitions

The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolsubsuelo
Françaissous-sol
DeutschUnterboden
13 more languages
Bosanskiнедра
Catalàsubsòl
Gàidhligfo-ùir
Hrvatskiнедра
Italianosottosuolo
Polskipodglebie
Српскинедра
Svenskaälv
Українськанадрапідґрунтя

Examples

“In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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