Dictionary entry

Soil

Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/

Pronunciation

/sɔɪl/

Myanmar Meaning

(v.t) ပျက်ဆီးစေသည်။ညစ်ညမ်းစေသည်။မြေသြဇာကျွေးသည်။(n) မြေဆီ။

Definition

soil /sↄÇl / n [C,U] ၁။ အေပၚယံေျမဆီလႊာ။ ေျမႀကီး။ plant sth in soil ❍ good/poor/rich soil ❍ clay soils ❍ soil erosion ❍ ( rhet ) a man of the soil (ie one who works on the land). ❍ EARTH ၂။ ( fml ) ေျမ။ one's native soil ❍ set foot on foreign soil. v ( fml ) ညစ္သည္။ ေပသည္။ စြန္းသည္။ ထင္းသည္။ a basket for soiled sheets (ie used ones that are waiting to be washed) ❍ They have never soiled their hands with manual work. See also SHOP- SOILED

Examples

  1. She scraped away some soil and grasped the top of the root.
  2. The dry rocky soil is suitable for planting vines.
  3. It’s hard these days to make a living from the soil.