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# subsoil

«subsoil» in Mova's school dictionary: **the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (subsoil — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Subsoil is the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has less humus, is often harder, and lies above the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: the soil layers are topsoil, subsoil and bedrock. Plant roots go down into the subsoil to find water. Gardeners and builders dig into it. Phrases: topsoil and subsoil, clay subsoil.

### examples

- The subsoil is lighter in colour than the topsoil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x1)
- Deep roots grow down into the subsoil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x2)
- The builders dug through the subsoil to the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x3)
- Our garden has a heavy clay subsoil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x4)
- Worms are fewer in the subsoil than in the topsoil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x5)
- Draw the layers: topsoil, subsoil and bedrock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. "Sub" means under. Layers from top: topsoil, subsoil, bedrock. Subsoil has fewer nutrients than topsoil.

### In the corpora

- [Soil has layers called horizons: dark topsoil, paler subsoil below, and broken rock above the bedrock.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/56-soil/9/)
- [Topsoil is the dark upper layer with the most humus and life; below it lie subsoil and then solid rock.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «subsoil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subsoil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.