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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
soil
/sɔɪl/
noun1 of 2
top layer of earth in which plants grow
- “The river's brown color is caused by the clay soil.”Tatoeba
- “This is native soil and it has nutrients in it.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To make dirty.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)