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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Patricia Rivas, 41, who lives in one of the apartments on Dryden Place and is the mother of a child who attends Windsor, joined the volunteers who shoveled topsoil and mulch into wheelbarrows before depositing it into garden beds.
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Approximately 7,000 cubic yards of the garden's topsoil was trucked off site, sterilized and then returned as part of a fresh soil mix better designed to deal with compaction from visitors.
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The steep and narrow canyons of the coast are frequently scoured by debris flows, torrents of water skimming off topsoil and rocks at disastrous velocities.
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Everything would stink to high heaven, because the maggots aren’t digesting it down to topsoil again.
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First Known Use of topsoil
1836
TOPSOIL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of topsoil for English Language Learners
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: the upper layer of soil in which plants have most of their roots
TOPSOIL Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of topsoil for Students
: the rich upper layer of soil in which plants have most of their roots
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