topsoil
noun
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
topsoils
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pluralof topsoil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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France's cadmium rate in earth of 0.25 mg/kg is only slightly higher than the EU average of 0.20, according to a 2024 study of topsoils in the bloc.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Healthy topsoils are also seriously diminished, as are agricultural lands, converted to other uses, and global food supplies, which are ever more expensive.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2010
Other sites may have gooey, very fine clay topsoils, almost inevitably with gooey, very fine clay subsoils as well.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
