topsoil
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noun
1.
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cover (land) with topsoil.
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World English Dictionary
topsoil (ˈtɒpˌsɔɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the surface layer of soil |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to spread topsoil on (land) |
| 3. | to remove the topsoil from (land) |
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Topsoil
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Science Dictionary
| topsoil (tŏp'soil') Pronunciation Key
The upper portion of a soil, usually dark colored and rich in organic material. It is more or less equivalent to the upper portion of an A horizon in an ABC soil. |
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Example sentences
When it rains, and especially when there are cyclones, landslides bring topsoil down to the sea.
As they die, plants and animals add organic matter to weathered parent material to help form subsoil and topsoil.
Quick renovation kept topsoil and runoff out of the creek that forms the house's rear property line.
The topsoil consists generally of organic matter and clays, both solid and fractured.
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