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topsoil


top·soil

noun \ˈtäp-ˌsȯi(-ə)l\

Definition of TOPSOIL

: surface soil usually including the organic layer in which plants have most of their roots and which the farmer turns over in plowing
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First Known Use of TOPSOIL

1836

Rhymes with TOPSOIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, tung oil, white oil

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