topsoil
English
Etymology
Noun
topsoil (countable and uncountable, plural topsoils)
- The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in.
- Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil.
- 2013, Al Gore, “Outgrowth”, in The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:
- 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.
Translations
the most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in
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