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Subsoil layer
Answer for the clue "Subsoil layer ", 7 letters:
hardpan
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions [syn: caliche ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hardpan \Hard"pan`\ (h[aum]rd"p[a^]n), n. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan , under Hard , a.
Usage examples of hardpan.
He raised the light, flashing the beam across the round, smooth terraces of what had been superheated mud pits, now cooled to dance floors of garishly colored hardpan still ringed with the traces of final bubbles--and there they were.