Undersoil

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The soil underneath the surface / topsoil and above the bedrock.

    "It is a singular fact, that on the two great continents in the northern hemisphere […] we have the zone of perpetually frozen under-soil in a low latitude […]"

  2. 2
    the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock wordnet

Synonyms

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subsoilsubsoil

Example

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"It is a singular fact, that on the two great continents in the northern hemisphere […] we have the zone of perpetually frozen under-soil in a low latitude […]"

Etymology

From under- + soil.

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