Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soilless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: soil-less
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking home soil; dispossessed

adj

Not using or containing soil

Example Sentences

"If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey."
"One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite."

Etymology

Etymology tree English soil Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English soilless From soil + -less.

Derived Forms

soillessness

Questions

What does soilless mean?: Lacking home soil; dispossessed
Where does soilless come from?: Etymology tree English soil Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English soilless From soil + -less.

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