compacted soil

collocation in English

meaningsofcompactandsoil

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compact
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpækt/us
/kəmˈpækt/
consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very ...
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soil
noun
uk
/sɔɪl/us
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of the ground in which ...
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(Definition ofcompactandsoilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Also, forgotten paths and roads may have left strips ofcompactedsoil, which can last a long time.
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More porous, lesscompactedsoilstructures on the rotation and no-till farms may also play a role in reducing runoff volume.
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The conventional farm had the mostcompactedsoil.
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The floor of the workshop iscompactedsoiland is visibly stained with oils and fuels.
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There are two reasons for this - a poor germination quality of seeds used and acompactedsoilsurface, needing a large number of seedlings to break through the crust.
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The ability of roots to penetrate through drycompactedsoilis considered as beneficial for drought avoidance.
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With a smaller root surface area in contact with the soil, crops grown incompactedsoilmay be less able to take up nutrients released as organic matter decomposes.
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The overall effects of the reduced size and longevity of the leaf canopy significantly decreased the yield of crops grown incompactedsoilowing to a reduction in absorbed radiation.
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Very often,compactedsoilprevents water from flowing through to aquifers, and therefore being retained, before it goes into the river system.
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Neither nuggets nor buffings provide any humus tocompactedsoiltypes.
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The trail surface consists ofcompactedsoilwith no curbs.
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Fill placement work often has specifications requiring a specific degree of compaction, or alternatively, specific properties of thecompactedsoil.
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Each new anchor would weigh and would be embedded deep intocompactedsoil.
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Other technologies have included pressing oil seeds, making building blocks fromcompactedsoil, baling hay and producing a latrine cover.
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The farmer is instructed to coat wine vessels with pitch, pick apples, and loosen thecompactedsoilaround trees.
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There are two taxiways (taxiway-1 - concrete covering, asphalt; taxiway-2 -compactedsoil/ snow).
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Compactedsoilwill be broken up by digging.
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Trials showed very poor performance of such types of mine-sweep oncompactedsoilor scrubby land.
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