loose soil (noun)

  • 1loose — /lus / (say loohs) adjective (looser, loosest) 1. free from bonds, fetters, or restraint: to get one s hand loose. 2. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 3. uncombined, as a chemical element. 4. not bound together, as… …

  • 2soil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 earth ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ shallow, thin ▪ fertile, good, rich ▪ infertile …

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  • 3loose — loose1 W3S3 [lu:s] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not firmly attached)¦ 2¦(not attached)¦ 3¦(not tied tightly)¦ 4¦(hair)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(free)¦ 7¦(not exact)¦ 8¦(not very controlled)¦ 9¦(not solid)¦ 10¦(sport)¦ …

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  • 4loose — loose1 [ lus ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not firmly fixed ▸ 2 not grouped together ▸ 3 not tight ▸ 4 not exact/detailed ▸ 5 not carefully organized ▸ 6 about waste from body ▸ 7 ball: not controlled ▸ 8 careless in speaking ▸ 9 sexually immoral ▸ +… …

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  • 5loose — I UK [luːs] / US [lus] adjective Word forms loose : adjective loose comparative looser superlative loosest ** 1) not firmly fixed in position loose floorboards a loose tooth work/come loose (= become loose): One of the screws had worked loose. a) …

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  • 6loose — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) not confined or tethered etc. 2 detached or detachable from its place (has come loose). 3 not held together or contained or fixed. 4 not specially fastened or… …

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  • 7Jerusalem cricket — noun large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States • Syn: ↑sand cricket, ↑Stenopelmatus fuscus • Hypernyms: ↑long horned grasshopper, ↑tettigoniid • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 8sand cricket — noun large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States • Syn: ↑Jerusalem cricket, ↑Stenopelmatus fuscus • Hypernyms: ↑long horned grasshopper, ↑tettigoniid • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 9dirt — noun 1》 a substance, such as mud, that is regarded as dirty.     ↘informal excrement: dog dirt. 2》 loose soil or earth. 3》 informal scandalous or sordid information. Phrases eat dirt informal suffer insults or humiliation. Origin ME: from ON drit …

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  • 10Stenopelmatus fuscus — noun large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States • Syn: ↑sand cricket, ↑Jerusalem cricket • Hypernyms: ↑long horned grasshopper, ↑tettigoniid • Member Holonyms: ↑Sten …

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