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{
"term": "soil",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "instruments for measuring **soil moisture**"
},
{
"text": "**soil erosion**"
},
{
"text": "the study of rocks and soils"
},
{
"text": "**sandy/fertile soil**"
},
{
"text": "rich/poor/dry/wet soil"
},
{
"text": "acid/alkaline soil"
},
{
"text": "clay soil"
},
{
"text": "moisture in the soil"
},
{
"text": "She dug the compost into the soil."
},
{
"text": "Keep the soil moist and fertilize weekly."
},
{
"text": "Soil samples taken from the site revealed massive amounts of radiation."
},
{
"text": "The clay soils of the region are difficult to work."
},
{
"text": "Rich loamy soils produce the largest leeks."
},
{
"text": "The flowers do well in sandy soil."
},
{
"text": "Cutting down forest trees can lead to serious soil erosion."
},
{
"text": "In the valley the soil was waterlogged."
},
{
"text": "Plant the seedlings in damp soil."
},
{
"text": "Herbs should be planted in warm soil."
},
{
"text": "Drainage removes excess water from the soil."
},
{
"text": "You can't grow rice on certain soils."
}
],
"topics": ["Farming", "Gardens"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "shallow", "thin"],
"verb + soil": ["cultivate", "enrich", "improve"],
"soil + noun": ["conservation", "degradation", "erosion"],
"preposition": ["in (the) soil"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a country; an area of land",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was the first time I had set foot on African soil."
},
{
"text": "protests over the siting of nuclear weapons on British soil"
},
{
"text": "He was the first Canadian to win **on home/native soil** *(= in Canada)*."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["native", "foreign", "American"],
"verb + soil": ["set foot on"],
"preposition": ["on…soil"],
"phrases": ["on home soil"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔɪl/",
"audio": "so/soil/soil__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔɪl/",
"audio": "so/soil/soil__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "noun late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, perhaps representing Latin solium ‘seat’, by association with solum ‘ground’."
}