subsoil

n.

The layer or bed of earth beneath the topsoil.

tr.v., -soiled, -soil·ing, -soils.

To plow or turn up the subsoil of.

subsoiler sub'soil'er n.

That part of the soil below the layer normally used in cultivation to the depth to which most plant roots grow. The term is rarely used in soil science, where it would be termed a C horizon.

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The bed or stratum of earth which lies immediately below the surface soil.

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[Ge]

Material at the base of the soil profile, usually slightly discoloured parent bedrock.

The mineral soil of decomposed rocks, without any humus, that lies beneath the topsoil.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - grund, undergrund
v. tr. - vende undergrunden, grave i undergrunden

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondergrond

Français (French)
n. - sous-sol
v. tr. - labourer ou retourner le sous-sol

Deutsch (German)
n. - Untergrund
v. - umpflügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωλ.) υπέδαφος

Italiano (Italian)
sottosuolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subsolo (m)

Русский (Russian)
недра, подпочва, глубоко пахать

Español (Spanish)
n. - subsuelo
v. tr. - cavar o remover el subsuelo de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
底土, 天然地基, 下层土, 掘起...的底土, 深耕, 深挖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 底土, 天然地基, 下層土
v. tr. - 掘起...的底土, 深耕, 深挖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하층토, 심토, 밑흙
v. tr. - ~의 땅을 뒤집어 파 일구다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下層土

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طبقه الارض تحت السطح مباشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תשתית, שכבה תת-קרקעית‬
v. tr. - ‮חרש‬

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