soils
SaySOYLZ/sɔɪlz/
- 1Plural of soil. Use this form when you mean more than one kind of earth.
Sandy soils let water drain away very fast.
Different soils are good for growing different crops.
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- 2Third-person singular of soil. Use it with "he", "she", or "it" to mean make something dirty.
The puppy soils the rug whenever it gets too excited.
He soils his shirt almost every time he eats spaghetti.
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soils is a form of soil
soil, noun: The top layer of the ground, made of earth, tiny bits of rock, and dead plant matter, where plants grow. Full entry
- Forms
- soilsoils plural
- Spelling
- soil → soils: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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