solum

American  

[soh-luhm] / ˈsoʊ ləm /

noun

• sola,
  plural
• solums
  plural

1. the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.

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solum British  

/ ˈsəʊləm /

noun

1. the upper layers of the soil profile, affected by climate and vegetation

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solum Scientific  

/ sō′ləm /

• sola
  plural

1. The upper layers of a soil profile in which soil formation occurs. The A and B horizons in an ABC soil are part of the solum.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sola
  plural
• solums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of solum

1820–30; < Latin: base, bottom; see sole ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

solum sola

Sell: sill of the door, threshold; French, "seuil," Latin, "solum," the ground.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves

Ludlow's house shown; it retains still its inscription—'Omne solum forti patria.'

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

Cardinal Santa Croce used almost the same expression: "Eo devenerat ut regi solum nomen reliquisse, alia omnia sibi sumsisse videretur."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird

The supporters of the shield were of colossal dimensions: two lions, rampant, bearing flags turning opposite ways: below, on the riband, in characters proportionably large, was the motto of the Company, "Non mutat genus solum."

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

Libertas et natale solum, You had good reason when you stole 'em.

From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous

It appears as though Kendall Jenner will be perreando sola for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

Take her recipe for a console table arrangement: Start with a trough from Restoration Hardware, add moss and top with sola wood succulents from Etsy.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

The company now has sola in a study to see if it can prevent the disease in at-risk patients.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 16, 2018

Protestants generally abide by the sola fide principle, which proclaims that God-dispensed faith alone will get you into heaven.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016

From my seat on the sola, I can feel Anna flinch.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins