Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "soil" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

garden ground surface of earth tree

Derived Terms

ABC soil black cotton soil blood and soil desert soil fill soil garden soil green soil home soil native soil night soil night soil man night-soil potting soil racy of one's soil racy of the soil sandy soil soil acidification soil biochemistry soil centipede soil chemistry soil classification soil conservation soil creep soil fertility soil genesis soil management soil mechanics soil microbiology soil mineralogy soil moisture deficit soil nail soil one's pants soil oneself soil physics soil pipe soil pollution soil science soil scientist soil series soil stabiliser soil stack soil sterilant soilage soilless son of the soil swelling soil take soil top soil topsoil virgin soil virgin soil epidemic

Etymologically Related To

soal sole

Has Part

ore in

Context

euphemistic medicine

Has Property

one kind of earth

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alter change dirtiness earth geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region ground modify object physical object uncleanness

Type Of (IsA)

earth opaque thing solid ground

Parts (Meronyms)

organic matter

Receives Action

needed for trees to grow

Related Terms

alluvium solum

Related Terms

alluvium dirt dirt earth earth earth dirt earth ground farming for planting garden garden earth gardening good good dirt ground growing growing plants mud organic plant plant earth planting plants pollute pots potting potting earth sand solum stain sully

Synonym Network

dirt dirty land smirch territory

Used For

grow crops

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.