subsoil, undersoil
(noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subsoil (countable and uncountable, plural subsoils)
The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.
subsoil (third-person singular simple present subsoils, present participle subsoiling, simple past and past participle subsoiled)
(transitive) To turn up the subsoil of.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"soil`, n.
Definition: The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil. Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.
Sub"soil`, v. t.
Definition: To turn up the subsoil of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
