Topsoil

Quick meaning: Topsoil is a noun meaning (agriculture, horticulture) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.

Meaning

(agriculture, horticulture) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the topsoil from.

Example Sentences

Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil.

Without urgent action, the majority of the Earth’s topsoil could be severely degraded or lost before the end of this century. In China, topsoil is being lost fifty-seven times faster than this natural replacement process; in Europe seventeen times faster.

Word Forms

• topsoils
• top soil
• topsoiling
• topsoiled

Synonyms for topsoil

Depending on context, synonyms include callow.

Related Words

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