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- [top-soil]
- /ˈtɒpˌsɔɪl/
- /ˈtɒp.sɔɪl/
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- [top-soil]
- /ˈtɒpˌsɔɪl/
Definitions of topsoil word
- noun topsoil the fertile, upper part of the soil. 1
- verb with object topsoil to cover (land) with topsoil. 1
- noun topsoil surface layer of soil 1
- uncountable noun topsoil Topsoil is the layer of soil nearest the surface of the ground. 0
- noun topsoil the surface layer of soil 0
- verb topsoil to spread topsoil on (land) 0
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Origin of topsoil
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; top1 + soil1
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Parts of speech for Topsoil
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
topsoil popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
topsoil usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for topsoil
noun topsoil
- alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
- alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- glebe — Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
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