SURFACE SOIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surface soil mean? 

• SURFACE SOIL (noun)
  The noun SURFACE SOIL has 1 sense:

1. the layer of soil on the surface

  Familiarity information: SURFACE SOIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURFACE SOIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The layer of soil on the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

surface soil; topsoil

Hypernyms ("surface soil" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

 Context examples 

The browning of the forest canopy is consistent with observed decreases in the amount of water available to plants, whether that is in the form of rainfall, water stored in the ground, water in near-surface soils, or water within the vegetation.

(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)