top soil

A form of topsoil — The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.

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Meanings

nountop soil (countable and uncountable, plural top soils)

plural top soils

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of topsoil.

    The top soil, which was removed before the main excavations, is being redressed on the new slopes to a depth of 4 in. and sown with grass seed.

    1958 January 29, “Rainham-Newington Widening, Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, pages 51, 53
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top soil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20soil.

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