cohesive soil
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noun
sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary waterCompare cohesionless soil
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Words nearby cohesive soil
cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesively, cohesiveness, cohesive soil, Cohn, Cohnheim, coho, cohoba, cohobate
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