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# topsoil

noun (topsoil — uncountable)

«topsoil» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Topsoil is the top layer of soil, usually dark, rich and full of nutrients, where most plants grow their roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons, topsoil lies over subsoil and rock; it contains humus from rotting plants, worms and tiny living things. Farmers and gardeners protect topsoil because wind and rain can wash it away (erosion). Phrases: a layer of topsoil, topsoil erosion, buy topsoil.

### Examples

- Most plants grow their roots in the topsoil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x1)
- Worms mix rotting leaves into the topsoil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x2)
- Heavy rain can wash away the topsoil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x3)
- We bought 3 bags of topsoil for the vegetable patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x4)
- Topsoil is darker than the subsoil below it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x5)
- Trees help stop the topsoil from blowing away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x6)
- It can take hundreds of years to form a few centimetres of topsoil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable noun: «some topsoil», «a bag of topsoil». One word. The layer below is «subsoil», then «bedrock».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «topsoil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topsoil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«topsoil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/topsoil.html) on Mova free.