the upper layer of earth in which plants, trees etc grow
earth, dirt
Cases of word usage
1) to prepare (land) by ploughing etc; help (crops) to grow (e.g. by breaking up the soil around them) (cultivate)
2) a garden implement used for loosening soil etc (hoe)
3) (the method of) growing plants in water without soil (hydroponics)
4) fertile soil (loam)
5) waste from animals mixed with soil to make it produce better food (manure)
6) (a kind of soil producing) a pale yellowish-brown colour (ochre)
7) a farming implement used for breaking and turning the soil (plough)
8) a long-handled tool with prongs, used for pulling together dead leaves, moving soil etc; an immoral man; to make (land) smooth with a rake (rake)
9) the part of a plant, tree etc in the ground and which takes water and food from the soil (root)
10) the layer of soil that lies immediately beneath the surface layer (subsoil)