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soil noun

  /sɔɪl̩/ , [sɔɪ̯ɫ̩]
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • Country or territory.
 tany

soil verb

  /sɔɪl̩/ , [sɔɪ̯ɫ̩]
  • (transitive) To make dirty.
  • To make invalid, to ruin.
 mandoto
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