cohesionless soil

/ kəʊˈhiːʒənlɪs /

noun

Also called: frictional soil. any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles Compare cohesive soil

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It was designed for cohesionless soil, in which particles flow with little to no friction between them—as in a vat of sugar.