Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

subsoil

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) subsoil (noun)
  2. 2) subsoil (verb)
  3. subsoil plow (noun)

1sub·soil

noun \ˈsəb-ˌsȯi(-ə)l\

Definition of SUBSOIL

: the stratum of weathered material that underlies the surface soil
See subsoil defined for English-language learners »
See subsoil defined for kids »

First Known Use of SUBSOIL

1796

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: subsoil plow
Previous Word in the Dictionary: subsocial
All Words Near: subsoil

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up subsoil? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).