soil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being covered with unclean things
Types & categories
- dirtiness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Types & categories
- earth hypernym
- marl hyponym
- regosol hyponym
- residual soil hyponym
- topsoil hyponym
- subsoil hyponym
- alluvial soil hyponym
- bog soil hyponym
- clay hyponym
- clunch hyponym
- desert soil hyponym
- caliche hyponym
- fuller's earth hyponym
- gilgai soil hyponym
- gumbo hyponym
- humus hyponym
- indurated clay hyponym
- Indian red hyponym
- laterite hyponym
- loam hyponym
- loess hyponym
- mould hyponym
- mud hyponym
- bole hyponym
- podzol hyponym
- prairie soil hyponym
- sand hyponym
- sedimentary clay hyponym
- silt hyponym
- till hyponym
- tundra soil hyponym
- wiesenboden hyponym
Sense 4 noun
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
the land had never been plowed
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- badlands hyponym
- bottomland hyponym
- coastland hyponym
- tillage hyponym
- overburden hyponym
- permafrost hyponym
- polder hyponym
- rangeland hyponym
- scablands hyponym
- turf hyponym
- wetland hyponym
Sense 5 noun
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
American troops were stationed on Japanese soil
Types & categories
- geographical area hypernym
Related & opposite
- territorial derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dirty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dingy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filthy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contaminating |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dirtiness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | clean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | soiling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | soil |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foul |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pollute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slime |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | muddy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mud |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blemish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | earth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | marl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | regosol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | residual soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | topsoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subsoil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alluvial soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bog soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clunch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | desert soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | caliche |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuller's earth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gilgai soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gumbo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | humus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | indurated clay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Indian red |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | laterite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | loam |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | loess |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mould |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mud |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | podzol |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prairie soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sand |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sedimentary clay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | silt |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | till |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tundra soil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiesenboden |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | badlands |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottomland |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | coastland |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tillage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overburden |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | permafrost |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | polder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rangeland |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scablands |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | turf |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wetland |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | territorial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |