black earth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Men dig in flip‑flops through dense black earth, "cow dung", as a young girl sitting on full sacks calls it.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
“We already know what black earth is, but we didn’t know how it worked,” he says.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 19, 2023
"It's going to be hard to go back and see a black earth instead of a green earth," Ms August said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
Lathrop brought black earth into a quarry while special effects supervisor Sam Conway created flame effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
You could almost watch them grow, pressing their fat green tongues up through the black earth.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
