Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swelling soil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: swelling -soil
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The most common mineral that causes swelling soil is smectite (montmorillonite)."

Usage

Inflected Forms

swelling soils (plural)

Questions

What does swelling soil mean?: A soil containing clay minerals that absorb water and swell, causing bumps across terrain.

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