Hardpan

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  • noun. A layer of hard subsoil or clay.
  • noun. Hard, unbroken ground.
  • noun. A foundation; bedrock.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The more or less firmly consolidated detrital material which sometimes underlies a superficial covering of soil.
  • noun. Hence Hard, unbroken ground.
  • noun. The lowest level; lowest foundation; a firm footing for effort or upward progress: as, prices have reached hard-pan.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under hard, a.
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  • noun. A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.
  • noun. A dry lake.
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  • noun. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
    • Word Usage
    "Caliche is also known as hardpan, calcrete, kankar (in India), or duricrust."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dirt  soil  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Precambrian  boll  emirate  fireclay  gelignite  
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    hard  
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