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soil noun

  /sɔɪl/ , [sɔɪ̯ɫ]
  • Country or territory.
 maaperä
  • (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
 multa, maannos
  • (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
 maa, maannos

soil noun

  /sɔɪl/ , [sɔɪ̯ɫ]
  • (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
 lika, skeida, sonta

soil verb

  /sɔɪl/ , [sɔɪ̯ɫ]
  • To make invalid, to ruin.
 liata, pistää paskaksi, tahria
  • (transitive) To make dirty.
 liata, tahria

soiled adjective

  /ˈsɔɪld/ , /ˈsɔɪəld/
  • (also, figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
 likainen
night soil
uloste
soil oneself
paskantaa housuun, tehdä alleen
sandy soil
hiekkamaa, hiekkamulta
soil science
maaperätiede
soil fertility
maaperän hedelmällisyys
soil pollution
maaperän saastuminen
soil physics
maaperäfysiikka
replacement of soil
massanvaihto
native soil
kotiseutu
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