Definition of Soils

1. Noun. (plural of soil) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of soil) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soils

1. soil [v] - See also: soil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soils

soil texture
soil value
soilable
soilage
soilages
soilborne
soile
soiled
soilier
soiliest
soiliness
soiling
soilings
soilless
soillike
soils (current term)
soilure
soilures
soily
soiree
soiree musicale
soirees
soitenly
soixante-neuf
soja
soja bean
sojas
sojer
sojourn
sojourned

Literary usage of Soils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Table giving analyses of soils of Foothill Exper. Station. ... Analyses of soils of sec. along Central Pacific RR, in Placer Co. (Same, 1888/9: 74.) . ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1852)
"The soils westward of this belt are calcareous, overlying limestone, and are composed ... The soils of each of these great divisions of Ohio are very varied ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Chemical analysis shows soils to be very variable in composition, ... For example, German authorities classify soils on the basis of their chemical analysis ..."

4. Report (1905)
"In preparing an outline for the study of soils in rural schools, it is borne in ... There are likely to be in this lot of soils, sandy soils, loams, clays, ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"In the soils and with the nitrogenous materials with which ... or slag meal can be harvested 8-14 days sooner than those grown on untreated soils. ..."

6. The United States: A Graphic History by Louis Morton Hacker, Rudolf Modley, George Rogers Taylor (1891)
"It is important to compare these soils with those of other parts of the ... A reference to the analyses given farther on, of four soils and subsoils from ..."

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