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Definition: Soil |
SoilNoun1. The state of being covered with unclean things. 2. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. 3. Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil". Verb1. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "soil" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Agriculture | In the United States, about 70,000 kinds of soil are recognized in the nationwide system of classification. Each has a unique set of characteristics and a potential for use. These characteristics are important in designing a conservation plan to protect the soil from erosion if it is being cultivated. The Natural Resources Conservation Service is responsible for mapping the United States by soil type, through the Soil Survey Program. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Top layer of the surface of the earth composed of finely divided disintegrated rock with an ad-mixture of organic remains. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | (1) In engineering, all unconsolidated material above bedrock. (2) In soil science, naturally occurring layers of mineral and (or) organic constituents that differ from the underlying parent material in their physical, chemical, mineralogical, and morphological character because of pedogenic processes (3) In other words, dirt. (references) |
| All loose, unconsolidated earth and organic materials above bedrock that support plant growth. (references) | |
Literature | Soil To take soil. A hunting term, signifying that the deer has taken to the water. Soil, in French, is the mire in which a wild boar wallows. (Danish, sol, mire; Swedish, söla, to wallow.) "Fida went downe the dale to seeke the hinde, And founde her taking soyle within a flood" Browne: Britania's Pastorals, i. 84. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. All unconsolidated materials above bedrock. This is the meaning of the term as used by early geologists and in some recent geologic reports, and has been vigorously advocated by Legget (1967, 1973). It is the common usage among engineering geologists (see, e.g., compaction; soil mechanics). In recent years the approx. syn. regolith has come into wide geological use b. The natural medium for growth of land plants.--Etymol: Latin solum,ground. See also:sounding e.g., compaction; soil mechanics). In recent years the approx. syn. regolith has come into wide geological use. (references) |
Weather | Complex mixture of inorganic minerals (i.e., mostly clay, silt, and sand) , decaying organic matter, water, air, and living organisms. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Soil is the layer of minerals and organic matter, in thickness from from centimeters to a meter or more, on the land surface. Its main components are mineral matter, organic matter, moisture, and air. Soils differ in the ratio of these components.
Minerals in soil are obtained from a variety of sources, but the process which delivers the bulk is weathering of rocks. Weathering is the actions of wind, rain, ice, sunlight, and biological processes on rocks that break them down into smaller particles.
Weathering also releases ions such as K+ and Mg2+ in to the soil solution. Some of these ions are taken up by plants, but the majority not left in solution are absorbed through ion exchange by clays such as montmorillonite. When the level of ions is low in the soil an equilibrium process forces ions back into solution, where they can be used by plants.
However if acid is introduced into soil, hydrogen ions bind in preference to clays, forcing ions out where they can be washed away during rain. Acidity also encourages the weathering of clays, releasing toxic aluminium ions (of which clays are composed) into the solution. To stop this occurring farmers apply alkalic materials such as slaked-lime.
Although there exists plenty of elements such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus necessary for plant growth in soil, very little of this is in a form which plants can use. In processes such as nitrification and mineralisation, bacteria and other organisms convert unusable forms (such as NH4+) in to usable forms (such as NO3-). The raw products are initially present as gases in the atmosphere. Processes such as the nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle continually exchange nutrients between the soil and atmosphere.
The organic store in soil is made up of plant debris, animal excreta and other decomposing materials. A lot of the carbon compounds react to form humus, which is composed of very large molecules including esters of carboxylic acid, phenolic compounds and derivatives of benzene. Organic materia in soil provides nutrients necessary for plant growth.
See also; soil life, Soil pH, Soil types, Soil profile, Soil structure
The following text is taken from the Household Cyclopedia of 1881, and should be updated and integrated with the above article:
Soils consist mostly of sand, lime, and clay, with certain saline and organic substances in smaller and varying proportions; but the examination of the ashes of plants shows that a fertile soil must of necessity contain an appreciable quantity of at least eleven different substances, which in most cases exist in greater or less relative abundance in the ash of cultivated plants; and of these the proportions are not by any means immaterial. In general, the soils which are made up of the most various materials are called alluvial; having been formed from the depositions of floods and rivers. Many of them are extremely fertile. Soils consist of two parts; of an organic part, which can readily be burned away when the surface-soil is heated to redness; and of an inorganic part, which remains fixed in the fire, consisting of earthy and saline substances from which, if carbonic acid or any elastic gas be present, it may, however, be driven by the heat. The organic part of soils is derived chiefly from the remains of vegetables and animals which have lived and died in and upon the soil, which have been spread over it by rivers and rains, or which have been added by the industry of man for the purposes of increased fertility.
This organic part varies much in quantity, as well as quality, in different soils. In peaty soils it is very abundant, as well as in some rich, long cultivated lands. In general, it rarely amounts to one-fourth, or 25 per cent. even in our best arable lands. Good wheat soils contain often as little as eight parts in the hundred of organic animal or vegetable matter; oats and rye will grow in a soil containing only 1 1/2 per cent.; and barley when only two or three parts per cent. are present.
The inorganic portion of any given soil, again, is divisible into two portions; that part which is soluble in water, and thus easily taken up by plants, and a much more bulky portion which is insoluble.
Sir Humphry Davy found the following to be the composition of a good productive soil.
Thus the whole amount of organic matter in this instance is only 1 part in 200, or one-half of one per cent.; a fact which, in itself, would demonstrate the fallacy of supposing that decomposed animal and vegetable matter in the soil form the exclusive supply to growing plants.
- In every 9 parts, 8 consisted of siliceous sand;
- the remaining (one-ninth) part was composed, in 100 parts, as follows:
- Carbonate of lime (chalk) 63 grains.
- Pure silex 15 grains.
- Pure alumina, or the earth of clay 11 grains.
- Oxide (rust) of iron 3 grains.
- Vegetable and other saline matter 5 grains.
- Moisture and loss 3 grains.
Clayey soil
A clayey soil, though distinguished by the color which it bears, namely black, white, yellow and red, differs from all other soils, being tough, wet, and cold, and consequently requiring a good deal of labor from the husbandman before it can be sufficiently pulverized, or placed in a state for bearing artificial crops of corn or grass. Clay land is known by the following qualities, or properties.
It holds water like a cup, and once wetted does not soon dry. In like manner, when thoroughly dry, it is not soon wetted; if we except the varieties which have a thin surface, and are the worst of all to manage. In a dry summer, clay cracks and shows a surface full of small chinks, or openings. If ploughed in a wet state, it sticks to the plough like mortar, and in a dry summer, the plough turns it up in great clods, scarcely to be broken or separated by the heaviest roller.
Clayey soils, when sufficiently enriched with manures, are naturally well qualified for carrying crops of wheat, oats, beans, and clover; but are not fitted for barley, turnips, potatoes, etc., or even for being kept under for grass longer than one year. Such soils ought to be regularly summer-fallowed once in six, or at least once in eight years, even when they are comparatively in a clean state, as they contract a sourness and adhesion from wet ploughing, only to be removed by exposure to the sun and wind during the dry months of summer. Soils of this kind receive little benefit from winter ploughing, unless so far as their surface is thereby presented to the frost, which mellows and reduces them in a manner infinitely superior to what could be accomplished by all the operations of man. Still they are not cleaned or made free of weeds by winter ploughing; and therefore this operation can only be considered as a good means for producing a seed-bed, in which the seeds of the future crop may be safely deposited. Hence the necessity of cleansing clay soils during the summer months, and of having always a large part of every clay farm under summer fallow. All clayey soils require great industry and care, as well as a considerable portion of knowledge in dressing or management to keep them in good condition; yet when their natural toughness is got the better of, they always yield the heaviest and most abundant crops. One thing requisite for a clayey soil, is to keep it rich and full of manure; a poor clay being the most ungrateful of all soils, and hardly capable of repaying the expense of labor, after being worn out and exhausted. A clayey soil also receives, comparatively, smell benefit from grass; and when once allowed to get into a sterile condition, the most active endeavors will with difficulty restore fertility to it after the lapse of many years.
Upon light soils the case is very different. These flourish under the grass husbandry; and bare summer fallow is rarely required, because they may be cleaned and cropped in the same year with that valuable esculent, turnip. Upon light soils, however, wheat can seldom be extensively cultivated; nor can a crop be obtained of equal value, either in respect to quantity or quality, as on clay sand loams. The best method of procuring wheat on light lands, is to sow upon a clover stubble, when the soil has got an artificial solidity of body and is thereby rendered capable of sustaining the grain till it arrives at maturity. The same observation applies to soils of a gravelly nature; and upon both barley is generally found of as great benefit as wheat.
Thin clays and peat earths are more friendly to the growth of oats than of other grains, though in favorable seasons a heavy crop of wheat may be obtained from a thin clayey soil, when it has been completely summer-fallowed and enriched with dung. A first application of calcareous manure is generally accompanied with great advantage upon these soils; but when once the effect of this application is over, it can hardly be repeated a second time, unless the land has been very cautiously managed after the first dressing. Neither of these soils is friendly to grass, yet there is a necessity of exercising this husbandry with them, because they are incapable of standing the plough more than a year or two in the course of a rotation.
Wheat ought to be the predominant crop upon all the rich clays and strong loams, and light soils of every kind are well qualified for turnips, barley, etc. Upon the thin and moorish soils, oats must necessarily preserve a prominent rank, and grass seeds may be cultivated upon every one of them, though with different degrees of advantage, according to the natural and artificial richness of each soil, or to the qualities which it possesses for encouraging the growth of clover, in the first instance, and preserving the roots of the plant afterwards.
See also : pedology -- pedogenesis -- soil degradation --soil remediation -- FAO - Soil Unit Classification Scheme -- derelict soil
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Soil."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SOM | English | Soil organic matter | N/A |
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Synonyms: SoilSynonyms: dirt (n), filth (n), grease (n), ground (n), grunge (n), land (n), stain (n), begrime (v), bemire (v), colly (v), dirty (v), grime (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: clean (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land. |
Agriculture | Verb: cultivate; till the soil; farm, garden; sow, plant; reap, mow, cut; manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top; backset. |
Husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist; agricultor, agriculturist; yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman; granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist; Triptolemus. | |
Commonalty | Peasant, countryman, boor, carle, churl; villain, villein; terrae filius; serf, kern, tyke, tike, chuff, ryot, fellah; longshoreman; swain, clown, hind; clod, clodhopper; hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin; plowman, plowboy; rustic, hayseed, lunkhead, chaw-bacon, tiller of the soil; hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling; gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin, looby, rube, lout, underling; gamin; rough; pot-wallopper, slubberdegullion; vulgar fellow, low fellow; cad, curmudgeon. |
Ignorance | Sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored ground; dark ages. |
Land | Verb: land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark. |
Soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag. | |
Nonpreparation | Nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; neglect. |
Preparation | Verb: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order; (arrange); forecast; (plan) prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone; (begin). |
Region | Noun: region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale; (limit); compartment, department; clearing. |
Ugliness | Render ugly; Adjective: deface; disfigure, defigure; distort; blemish; (injure); soil; (render unclean). |
Uncleanness | Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil. |
Dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff; sossle, sozzle. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Soil |
| English words defined with "soil": alluvial soil ♦ desert soil, desertic soil ♦ gilgai soil ♦ leaf soil ♦ podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol soil, prairie soil ♦ residual soil ♦ soil conservation, soil erosion, soil horizon, soil profile, surface soil ♦ To take soil, tundra soil. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "soil": sutler. (references) |
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Screenplays | If only I had the guns Mr Tweed I'd shoot each and every one of them before they set foot on American soil. (Gangs of New York; writing credit: Jay Cocks) Bomb on American soil. That's a nightmare we always talked about (Bad Company; writing credit: Michael Parness) The 15th Army will stand or die. Hitler has ordered that not one foot of our sacred soil will be yielded to the enemy (The Bridge at Remagen; writing credit: Roger O. Hirson; Richard Yates) The soil in a man's heart is stonier (Pet Sematary; writing credit: Stephen King) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Living Soil (1960) Root in the Soil (1949) Back to the Soil (1941) American Commissary Wagons Landing on Cuban Soil (1898) The Answer Lies in the Soil (1999) | |
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 | Shown is a mixer containing fermentation broth of soil microorganisms that make adriamycin. NCI plays an important role in the development of these anticancer drugs. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shows photo of a man and woman scientist working in soil microbe library. (Pfizer?). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Sabouraud's dextrose agar plate culture of soil isolate of Histoplasma capsulatum showing typical fuzzy appearance of mold colony. Credit: CDC. |  | Smear of exudate showing spherules of Coccidioides immitis. Experimental infection of mouse with soil sample. Credit: CDC. |
 | Irwin Scoops up Soil. Credit: NASA. |  | Orange Soil Discovery. Credit: NASA. |
 | Marsh land that has been converted to pasture by cutting canals, building levees , and pumping out water. Exposure to air caused oxidation of organic matter in soil which led to rapid subsidence. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Setting foot on Antarctic soil ( maybe ice would be a better term.). Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Breaking ground at the dam removal site to test soil for contaminants. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Jim Turek and Eric Hutchins of NOAA discuss the soil testing methods used at the Pilgrim Trail restoration site, Plymouth County, MA. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Cracked soil" by Roland Peschetz Commentary: "Cracked mud layer, after the annual floodings in central Thailand." | "Fresh Soil" by Mike Berg Commentary: "The good earth." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Bard and Cincinnati. | Man has only a thin layer of soil between himself and starvation. |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. |
Edmund Burke | Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil. |
James Russell Lowell | No mud can soil us but the mud we throw. |
John Dryden | Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil. |
John Milton | Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. |
Marcus T. Cicero | The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind. |
T.t. Munger | The soil moist with tears best feeds the seeds of truth. |
Virgil | Not every soil can bear all things. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The right of ownership of the French State will apply not only to the deposits which are free and for which concessions have not yet been granted, but also to the deposits for which concessions have already been granted, whoever may be the present proprietors, irrespective of whether they belong to the Prussian State, to the Bavarian State, to other States or bodies, to companies or to individuals, whether they have been worked or not, or whether a right of exploitation distinct from the right of the owners of the surface of the soil has or has not been recognised. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The sentiment is probably assignable to the deep and aged roots which my family has struck into the soil. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | To throw away his bag of tools, or his basket, or his hod, is the first thing that every sewerman does when he feels the soil giving way beneath him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The pick rose and fell, and the grunt came at the moment it sank into the ground and loosened the soil. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I dwelt long upon the fertility of our soil, and the temperature of our climate |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost |
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Health | Soil contaminated with bird or bat droppings. (references) | |
Listeria monocytogenes is found in soil and water. (references) | ||
Moist soil enriched with decomposing organic debris. (references) | ||
Business | Foreign companies have made some inroads in the contaminated soil market. (references) | |
This should give U.S. companies with soil and groundwater remediation expertise an edge in entering this future market. (references) | ||
The contaminated soil remediation market improved modestly in 1999, as a result of large government remediation projects. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bangladesh | Natural resources: Natural gas, fertile soil, water. (references) |
Andorra | Mere birth on Andorran soil does not confer citizenship. (references) | |
Burundi | Most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil. (references) | |
Human Rights | Egypt | Kikhiya's family sued the Government following reports that he had been kidnaped from Cairo by Libyan agents, taken to Libya, and executed there in 1994. In 1999 the court had awarded the sum as compensation for the Ministry of Interior's inability to protect a foreign dignitary on Egyptian soil. (references) |
Indigenous People | Brazil | The Constitution provides indigenous people with the exclusive use of the soil, waters, and minerals on indigenous lands, subject to congressional authorization. (references) |
Political Economy | Niger | Drought, deforestation, soil degradation, and exceedingly low literacy are problems. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Environmental equipment, necessary to eliminate pollution or contaminating elements from the air, soil or water in a production plant may also be imported under this regime. (references) |
Kenya | It is illegal to import the following items unless exemption has been granted by the relevant Kenyan Ministry: plants, soil, endangered species, arms and munitions, and non-pharmaceutical drugs. (references) | |
Malaysia | Import licenses are required for a number of items, including arms and explosives; motor vehicles; certain drugs and chemicals; plants; soil; tin ore, slag or concentrates; and various essential foodstuffs. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | In proportion as nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government, more than of air, soil, or climate, for themselves or their children! |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Possessing as we do all the raw materials, the fruit of our own soil and industry, we ought not to depend in the degree we have done on supplies from other countries. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Those which are founded on geographical divisions, adverse interests of soil, climate, and modes of domestic life are more permanent, and therefore, perhaps, more dangerous. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | To us belongs the duty of protecting them adequately wherever they may be upon our soil. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible--from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Little would grow in that harsh caliche soil of my country. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. |
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| "Soil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.05% of the time. "Soil" is used about 3,995 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.05% | 3,917 | 2,496 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.85% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,995 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | American Soil Technologies, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "soil": acid soil ♦ aeolian soil ♦ aggressive soil conditions ♦ Alkali soil ♦ alluvial soil ♦ azonal soil ♦ bog soil ♦ calcareous soil ♦ chemically damaged soil ♦ chernozemic soil ♦ clay soil ♦ cohesionless soil ♦ cohesive soil ♦ cultivating the soil well ♦ dead soil ♦ degraded alkali soil ♦ desert soil ♦ desertic soil ♦ eolian soil ♦ fen soil ♦ fertile soil ♦ Free Soil ♦ free Soil Party ♦ frictional soil ♦ gilgai soil ♦ good soil ♦ grassy soil ♦ grey forest soil ♦ grey wooded soil ♦ gumbo soil ♦ humic gley soil ♦ humus soil ♦ in situ soil venting ♦ leaf soil ♦ lime soil ♦ limy soil ♦ mountain soil ♦ muck soil ♦ native soil ♦ neutral soil ♦ night soil ♦ one's native soil ♦ organic soil fire ♦ pF of soil water ♦ podsol soil ♦ podsolic soil ♦ podzol soil ♦ poor soil ♦ porosity of a soil ♦ prairie soil ♦ primary soil ♦ racy of the soil ♦ reddish brown lateritic soil ♦ Reddish Brown soil ♦ Reddish Brown steppe soil ♦ Reddish Chestnut soil ♦ Reddish Prairie soil ♦ regur soil ♦ residual soil ♦ retentive soil ♦ rich soil ♦ rooted in the soil ♦ rooted to the soil ♦ Rother soil ♦ saline alkali soil ♦ saline soil ♦ sandy soil ♦ secondary soil ♦ sedentary soil ♦ skeletal soil ♦ soil amendment ♦ Soil Association ♦ soil bank ♦ soil bioengineering ♦ soil compactor ♦ soil complex ♦ soil conditioner ♦ soil conservation ♦ soil consistence ♦ soil consisting of stone ♦ soil constants ♦ soil creep ♦ soil cultivation ♦ soil damage ♦ soil degeneration ♦ soil degradation ♦ soil deterioration ♦ soil erosion ♦ soil fabric ♦ soil fraction ♦ soil horizon ♦ soil improvement ♦ soil improver ♦ soil mantle ♦ soil mechanics ♦ soil melioration ♦ Soil Microbiology ♦ soil morphology ♦ soil nodule ♦ soil oneself ♦ soil pipe. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "soil": soil-assessment, soil-ball, soil-based, soil-borne, soil-bound, soil-caked, soil-climate, soil-conserving, soil-containing, soil-dwelling, soil-forming, soil-gas, soil-induced, soil-inhabiting, soil-landscape, soil-less, soil-mining, soil-nutrient, soil-nutrients, soil-plant-water, soil-preparation, soil-science, soil-structure, soil-testing, soil-types, soil-vegetation, soil-water. | |
Ending with "soil": night-soil, top-soil. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
soil | 789 | soil classification | 35 |
top soil | 156 | soil profile | 35 |
soil erosion | 128 | garden soil | 34 |
soil testing | 117 | soil mechanics | 29 |
potting soil | 94 | soil survey | 28 |
soil type | 93 | soil stabilizer | 28 |
soil test | 58 | soil moist | 28 |
clay soil | 58 | soil compaction | 27 |
soil pollution | 58 | soil map | 27 |
soil ph | 56 | plant soil | 25 |
soil amendment | 56 | homeostatic soil organism | 24 |
soil conservation service | 56 | soil and water conservation | 24 |
soil conservation | 54 | bonsai soil | 23 |
soil remediation | 53 | soil moisture | 22 |
soil stabilization | 52 | soil moisture meter | 22 |
soil test kit | 38 | soil cement | 22 |
nail soil | 38 | acidic soil | 21 |
soil conditioner | 37 | soil picture | 20 |
lyrics soil | 36 | soil sampling | 20 |
soil science | 36 | alkaline soil | 20 |
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| Language | Translations for "soil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | grond (ground), besoedel, aarde (earth, ground, land). (various references) | |
Albanian | tokë (coat, continent, country, deck, dirt, domain, earth, Glebe, ground, holding, land, marl, pool, shore, stead, Terra, terrain), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint), ndyj (bedraggle, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, dirty, foul, plaster, pollute, sully), ndot (bedaub, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, defile, dirty, disgust, foul, grime, pollute, repugnance, smear, smirch, smudge, splash), leros (dirty, smear), laturis (besmear, daub, dirty), fëlliq (bedraggle, besmear, blur, bring in the mire, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, draggle, foul, mire, pollute), dhe (and, dirt, dust, earth, Glebe, grit, ground, ground color, ground colour, land, Mold, mould, muck), baltë (clay, dirt, foulness, mire, muck, mud, muddiness, ooze, silt, slime, slob). (various references) | |
Arabic | وطن (country, establish, home, homeland, native land, populate, settle), دنس (defile, desecrate, grubby, impure, ordure, pollute, pollution, profane, profanity, scum, sullying, violate), شوه السمعة (blacken, defame, slander, smear, spatter, splatter), أرض (amphitheatre, earth, floor, ground, grounds, land, site, terrain, territory, topsoil), أرض زراعية (topsoil), إتسخ (become dirty, dirty), تربة (dust, earth, ground), بلد (country, land), تلوث (become defiled, contamination, dirtiness, dirty, foul, impurity, infection, pollution, stain, taint, tarnish), نفاية (chaff, dump, garbage, junk, outcast, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scouring, short, slush, swill, trash, waste), وسخ (bedraggle, befoul, begrime, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, grime, grimy, grubbiness, litter, mess up, offset, ordure, scum, slattern, smut, soot, sordid, stain, tarnish), قذر (augean, beastly, contaminated, crummy, defiled, dingy, dirt, dirty, disreputable, dungy, filthy, foul, ghoulish, grimy, grubby, impure, lousy, mean, mucky, muddy, nasty, obscene, pig, piggish, polluted, rubbishy, sinful, slattern, slatternly, slob, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, sordid, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, untidy, verminous, vile), قمامة (garbage, muck, mud, refuse, rubbish, sweeping, sweepings, swill, trash), لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak, sully, taint, tarnish), لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, cloud, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, speckle, splash, spot, sully), لوث (bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, degrade, dirty, discredit, file, foul, pollute, smear, smirch, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), تراب (earth). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), изцапване (soilage), плескам (bespatter, dirty, spatter), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, libel, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, speck, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish), почва (earth, ground, land, room, terrain), пръст (clay, clod, digit, dirt, earth, finger, hand, marl, mould, toe), леке (blotch, bugger, smear, snot, spot, stain), изпражнения (dejecta, dirt, evacuations, excrement, faeces, matter, ordure, rejectamenta, slops, stools, waste), нечистотии (sullage), храня добитък с прясно сено, омърсявам (befoul, besmirch, dirty, muck, slubber, smirch), омърсявам се (become dirty, dirty), окапвам (drop off, fall off, fall out, spot), окалвам (make dirty, muddy), оцапвам (dirty, muddy, slubber, smear, splotch, stain), тор (dressing, fertilizer, manure, ordure), цапам (daub, grime, mess, muck, paddle, puddle, stain, sully), храня добитък с прясен фураж, земя (acres, clod, dirt, earth, estate, geo, ground, land, mainland, mould). (various references) | |
Catalan | terra (earth, land). (various references) | |
Chinese | 土壤, 泥土 (clay, earth). (various references) | |
Czech | skvrna (blob, blot, blotch, blur, carbuncle, fleck, macula, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splash, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), zemina (earth, Mold), zemì (country, earth, ground, land, nation, place, world), zašpinit (daub, foul, Mark, mess, muck, spot), umazat (besmear, smear, spot), potřísnit (defile, stain, sully), pošpinit (besmirch, blemish, defile, spatter, stain, taint, tarnish, thumb), pùda (attic, earth, Glebe, ground, land, loft, terrain, virgin soil), území (area, domain, ground, territory), špína (dirt, filth, filthiness, grime, impurity, squalor). (various references) | |
Danish | jord (earth, land), tilsøle. (various references) | |
Dutch | bodem (bottom, earth, foundation, ground, hull, land), ondergrond (bottom, foundation, ground), grond (base, basis, bottom, earth, foundation, ground, land), fond (ground), aarde (earth, ground, land). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tero (earth, land), malpurigi, makuli (spot, stain), grundo (ground). (various references) | |
Faeroese | mold (earth, land), jørð (earth, land), grund (account, ground, motive, reason), botnur (background, bottom, foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Farsi | مملکت پوشاندن باخاک , چرک شدن (Foul), کثیف کردن (Dirty), کشور (Commonwealth, Country, Kingdom, Nation, State, Territory), لکه دارکردن (Blame, Blemish, Brand, Denigrate, Foul, Smear, Speck, Stain, Stigmatize, Sully, Taint, Tarnish), سرزمین (Clime, Land, Region, Territory), زمین (Acre, Earth, Globe, Ground, Land, Terrain, Territory, Vale), خاکی کردن , خاک (Clod, Dirt, Dust, Earth, Grit, Ground, Land, Terrafirma, Territory). (various references) | |
Finnish | multa (earth), maaperä (earth, ground), maa (country, earth, ground, grounds, land, terrain). (various references) | |
French | sol (Sol), terre, souiller, salir. (various references) | |
Frisian | modder (dirt, ground, mud, slime), ierde (earth, land), grûn (earth, ground, land). (various references) | |
German | Boden (attic, base, bottom, earth, floor, foundation, ground, land, loft, seabed, seat, terrain), beschmutzen (bedraggle, begrime, besmirch, dirty, draggle, mire, pollute, smudge, stain, sully, taint, thumb, to draggle, to mire, to smudge, to soil), verschmutzen (contaminate, defile, dirty, foul, get dirty, make muddy, pollute, to soil), Grund (account, bed, bottom, call, cause, causing, depths, earth, field, foundation, ground, grounds, land, matter, motive, occasion, reason, score, subject, territorially), Erde (clod, dirt, earth, globe, ground, land, world), beflecken (besmirch, cast a slur on, defile, desecrate, maculate, speckle, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, to blemish, to soil, to speckle, to spot, to stain, to sully). (various references) | |
Greek | ρυπαίνω (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, defile, pollute, smirch, sully), ρυπαίνομαι, έδαφοσ (Glebe, ground, terrain, territory), έδαφος (ground, land, terrain, territory), μαγαρίζω (defile, dirty, pollute), χώμα (dirt, earth, ground), φθείρω,καταστρέφω,χαλώ το χαρτί (spoil), λέρα (dirtiness, filth, grime, speck, splotch), λεκιάζω (stain), λερώνω,βρωμίζω,ρυπαίνω το χαρτί (spoil), λερώνω (bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, defile, dirty, foul, grime, moil, slur, smear, smirch, splotch, stain, sully), ακαθαρσία (dirt, filth, impureness, impurity, lousiness, ordure). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אדמה (earth, farm, ground, land). (various references) | |
Hungarian | talaj (dirt, ground, land, standing-ground), föld (clime, clod, dirt, earth, ground, land, Terra). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanah (earth, ground, land), mencemari (defile, desecrate, outrage), melumurkan (daub, smear), melumuri (smear something with, stain). (various references) | |
Italian | terra (dirt, earth, estate, floor, ground, land, Mold, mould, shore, world), suolo (back, bottom, earth, floor, ground, land), sporcare (dirty, get dirty, make, stain, sully), insudiciare (befoul, begrime, dirty, dirty oneself, get dirty, pollute, smudge, stain). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 土壌 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | どしつ (soil quality), どじょう (loach), つち (earth, gavel, hammer, mallet, sledge), とち (lot, plot of land). (various references) | |
Korean | 토양. (various references) | |
Lombard | terra (country, earth, land). (various references) | |
Manx | thalloo (clod, country, earth, ground, land, shore, terrain, territory), sollaghey (assault, assault sexually, begrime, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, contamination, defile, defilement, dirty, grime, muck, muddy, pollute, pollution, soiling, stain, sully), broighey (befoul, contamination, dirty, dunging, pollute). (various references) | |
Papiamen | susha, tera (earth, land). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oilsay.(various references) | |
Polish | ziemia (earth, land). (various references) | |
Portuguese | solo (clod, earth, floor, ground, land, solo), terra (clay, clod, country, earth, earthenware, farmland, glebe, globe, ground, homeland, land, part), manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discolor, discolour, fleck, foul, fox, maculate, pollute, smirch, smoke, smudge, speckle, spot, stain, sully, taint), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, sully). (various references) | |
Romanian | spurca (besmear, besmirch, defile, desecrate, dirty, smear, smirch, taint, vitiate), sol (ambassador, earth, envoy, ground, Herald, land, Mold, mould, officer, so, Sol), murdãrie (contamination, corruption, defilement, dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, dishonesty, dung, filth, filthiness, foulness, greasiness, grime, litter, maculation, mess, muck, nastiness, naughty words, offscourings, ordure, puddle, refuse, rust, smudge, smut, smutch, squalidity), îngrãşa pãmântul, îngrãşãmânt (dressing, fertilizer, manure), ancrasa (clog, dirty, foul), corupţie (bribery, corruption, corruptness, depravity, rottenness, taint, venality), gunoi (carrion, dirt, dung, garbage, kitchen stuff, litter, manure, mess, muck, offscourings, refuse, rubbish, scum, waste), hrãni un cal cu nutreţ verde, ţarã (country, land, nation, province, realm, region), murdãri (bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, defile, foul, litter, mess, muck, muddy, pollute, puddle, slop, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, splash, splatter, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), teren (course, domain, earth, field, ground, land, site, terrain, tract), pãmânt (acre, all over the world, clay, clod, country, dirt, earth, estate, Glebe, ground, land, Mold, mould, property, region, sod, territory, throughout the world), pãta (attaint, blemish, cloud, foul, maculate, Mark, slop, smear, smirch, smut, speckle, splash, splatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully), patã (blemish, blot, blur, breath, dab, flaw, fleck, Mark, patch, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, spatter, spill, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, ulcer), patrie (birthplace, country, fatherland, home, homeland, mother country, motherland), mânji (bedaub, beddable, besmear, besmirch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mess, smirch, stain, sully). (various references) | |
Russian | удобрение (dung, enrichment, fertilization, fertilizer, manure, manuring), вымазать (smear), земля (dirt, earth, ground, infield, land, land mass, nether regions, nether world), пятно (attaint, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, fleck, imputation, moil, patch, reflection, reflexion, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, spots of, stain, stigma, taint), почва (dirt, earth, ground, land, pavement), пачкать земля, пачкать (befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, daub, mess, smear, smirch, smudge, splotch, spot, sully). (various references) | |
Scottish | tìr (a country : tìr mór, earth, land, the mainland). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zemlja (country, dirt, earth, ground, land, nation, terra, territory), zaprljati (adulterate), zamazati (besmear, besmirch, gild the pill, slush, smear, smudge), ukaljati (become defiled, befoul, dirty, mire, stain, sully), tlo (earth, glebe, ground), prljati (dirty, slubber, sully), kaljuga (bilge, mire, mud, slab), kaljav (miry, muddy). (various references) | |
Spanish | tierra (continent, country, dust, earth, ground, land, world), suelo (bottom, clearcole, deck, earth, floor, foundation, ground, grunt, land), manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, maculate, Mark, smear, smudge, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), ensuciar (bedraggle, befoul, besmirch, defile, dirty, foul, litter, mess, mess up, pollute). (various references) | |
Sranan | gron (earth, field, ground, land), fraka (blot, spot, stain), doti (dirty, earth, fertilizer, filthy, land, manure, nasty, soiled, unclean). (various references) | |
Swahili | udongo (ground), kiwanja (earth, land). (various references) | |
Swazi | um-hlabâtsi. (various references) | |
Swedish | jord (carth, dust, earth, ground, land, world), smutsa (make dirty, smirch), mark (counter, earth, field, floor, ground, land, Mark, territory), jordmån. (various references) | |
Tagalog | lupà (country, earth, land). (various references) | |
Thai | ทำให้เปื้อน (grime, mire, smirch), ดิน (clod, dirt). (various references) | |
Turkish | toprak (clay, country, earth, earthen, earthenware, fictile, Glebe, ground, ground-, land, terra firma, terraneous, territory). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kirletmek (dirty, stain). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | угноювати (manure, muck), країна (clime, country, earth, land, nation), грунт (dirt, earth, land, terrain), грязь (mud, ordure, plonk, slob, slobber, smudge), гній (atter, dung, manure, matter, muck, ordure, purulence, pus), ганьбити (abuse, animadvert, asperse, attaint, besmirch, blaspheme, defame, disgrace, inveigh, reproach, scandalize, shame, spot, stain, tarnish, tongue, vilify, vituperate, wrong), оскверняти (contaminate, desecrate, profane, violate), земельна ділянка (property, stead), земля (earth, ground, land, mould, shore, sod, territory, universe), бруднитися (dirty, smear, smudge), бруднити (befoul, begrime, bespatter, blur, daub, dirty, discolor, discolour, foul, mess up, muck, muss, smear, smudge, sully). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vết nhơ sự làm nhơ bẩn rác rưởi, đất vết bẩn. (various references) | |
Welsh | trochi (dip, immerse, plunge), priddyn (earth, mould), pridd (earth, ground, mould), llychwino (besmirch, spot, sully, tarnish), gweryd (earth, sward), diwyno (mar, spoil, sully), difwyno (defile, mar, sully), daear (earth, ground), budro (dirty, foul), baeddu (bait, beat, belabor, buffet, thump). (various references) | |
Yucatec | lu'um (earth, ground, land). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | terra. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | souillier. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | soil. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 17, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | EiV pedion kalon ef' udati pollw auth piainetai tou poiein blastouV kai ferein karpon tou einai eiV ampelon megalhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est ut faciat frondes et portet fructum et sit in vineam grandem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That in good erthe vpon many waters is plauntid, that it make bouwis, and bere fruyte, that it be in to a greet viynyerd. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 17, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Natanum kini sa usa ka maayong yuta, daplin sa dagkung katubigan, aron kini makapananga, ug aron kini makapamunga, ug aron kini mahimong usa ka dakung balagon. |
| Croatian | Na plodnoj njivi, kraj obilnih voda, bješe zasaðen: mogao je tjerat' mladice, uroditi rodom, k'o velièanstveni trs izrasti.' |
| Danish | På en frugtbar Mark ved rigeligt Vand var den plantet for at skyde Grene, bære Frugt og blive en herlig Vinstok. |
| Dutch | Hij was in een goede landouwe bij vele wateren geplant, om takken te maken en vrucht te dragen, opdat hij tot een heerlijken wijnstok worden mocht. |
| Finnish | Se oli istutettu hyvään peltoon, runsaan veden ääreen, että se tekisi lehviä, kantaisi hedelmää ja tulisi ihanaksi viinipuuksi. |
| French | Elle était plantée dans un bon terrain, près d`une eau abondante, de manière à produire des branches et à porter du fruit, à devenir une vigne magnifique. |
| German | Und war doch auf einen guten Boden an viel Wasser gepflanzt, da er wohl hätte können Zweige bringen, Früchte tragen und ein herrlicher Weinstock werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, pye rezen an te deja plante nan yon bon venn tè, kote yon kannal ki toujou gen dlo, pou l' te ka fè fèy, pou l' te ka donnen, pou li te ka rive fè yon bèl pye rezen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Padahal pohon anggur itu sudah tertanam di tanah yang subur dengan air yang berlimpah, sehingga ia dapat berdaun rimbun, berbuah lebat, dan menjadi pohon anggur yang baik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka ia itulah dia, yang sudah ditanam dalam tanah yang baik pada tempat yang banyak airnya, di tempat yang ia dapat berpucuk-pucuk dan berbuah-buah banyak dan boleh menjadi suatu pokok anggur yang amat permai. |
| Italian | In un campo fertile, lungo il corso di grandi acque, essa era piantata, per metter rami e dar frutto e diventare una vite magnifica. |
| Maori | He mea whakato ia ki te mara pai ki te taha o nga wai maha, kia tupu ai he manga, kia hua ai he hua, kia tino pai ai taua waina. |
| Norwegian | På en god mark, på et sted hvor det var meget vann, var det plantet, så det kunde skyte grener og bære frukt og bli et herlig vintre. |
| Portuguese | Numa boa terra, junto a muitas águas, estava ela plantada, para produzir ramos, e para dar fruto, a fim de que fosse videira excelente. |
| Rumanian | Viya era sqditq kntr`un pqmknt bun, lkngq o apq mare, awa ca sq facq mlqdiye, sq dea rod, wi sq se facq o viyq minunatq``. |
| Russian | пОБ ВЩМБ РПУБЦЕОБ ОБ ИПТПЫЕН РПМЕ, Х ВПМШЫЙИ ЧПД, ФБЛ ЮФП НПЗМБ РХУЛБФШ ЧЕФЧЙ Й РТЙОПУЙФШ РМПД, УДЕМБФШУС МПЪПА ЧЕМЙЛПМЕРОПА. |
| Spanish | En buen campo, junto a muchas aguas, estaba plantada para que echase ramaje y llevase fruto, a fin de que fuese una vid espléndida.' |
| Swedish | Och dock var det planterat i god jordmån, på ett ställe där mycket vatten fanns, så att det kunde få grenar och bära frukt och bliva ett härligt vinträd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "soil": soilage, soilages, soilborne, soiled, soiling, soilless, soils, soilure, soilures. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "soil": assoil, subsoil, topsoil. (additional references) | |
Words containing "soil": assoiled, assoiling, assoilment, assoilments, assoils, subsoiled, subsoiler, subsoilers, subsoiling, subsoils, topsoiled, topsoiling, topsoils, unsoiled. (additional references) | |
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"Soil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esol, Isomil, osi, osiel, osii, osily, osio, qoil, scoel, Scoil, Scoli, sebil, Secil, Seidl, seil, Seuil, sgoir, siily, sil, sioc, siog, siok, siol, siox, siril, skil, skoal, snil, soaq, soci, soeil, soel, soi, soid, soif, soig, soild, soile, soir, soiv, soix, soji, solic, solie, solih, solio, solir, solit, soll, sooi, sooin, sool, sorl, soui, souil, soult, souq, soyo, Soziale, spil, stoil, stoli, suli, suo, Svolik, swil, woil, zoi, zoia, zoil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "soil" (pronounced soy"l) |
| 2 | -oy" l | boil, broil, coil, embroil, foil, Hoyle, spoil, oil, recoil, roil, toil, uncoil. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: oils, silo, soli. | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-o-s" | |
-1 letter: lis, oil, sol. | |
-2 letters: is, li, lo, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-o-s" | |
+1 letter: boils, coils, diols, filos, foils, idols, kilos, lidos, limos, linos, lions, loins, loris, louis, milos, moils, noils, olios, polis, roils, silos, sloid, soils, soldi, solei, solid, spoil, toils, viols. | |
+2 letters: aiolis, aliyos, aloins, assoil, bilbos, broils, cibols, colics, colies, colins, cosily, coulis, dildos, dossil, eloins, fillos, filose, folios, follis, fossil, helios, hillos, holies, holism, holist, igloos, indols, insole, insoul, isohel, isolog, lesion, limbos, lissom, lithos, logics, looies, lories, losing, louies, lowish, molies, nicols, nosily, oilers, oldies, oldish, oleins, olives, oriels, owlish, oxalis, oxlips, pilose, pilots, pilous, pistol, poilus, poleis, polies, polios, polish, reoils, rosily, sailor, sigloi, siglos, siloed, sloids, social, soiled, solidi, solids, soling, solion, spoils, spoilt, stolid, thiols, toiles, tonsil, triols, violas, voiles, zorils. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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