HARDPAN

caliche, hardpan

(noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hardpan (countable and uncountable, plural hardpans)

A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.

synonym of dry lake.

Synonyms

• pan

Anagrams

• Pradhan, pradhan

Source: Wiktionary


Hard"pan`, n.

Definition: The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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