hard ground
Soil without give
Hard ground is earth that resists penetration—frozen, compacted, or dried out.
Athletes and animals risk injury on hard ground.
In etching, hard ground is a waxy coating applied to a metal plate that resists acid, allowing the artist to scratch lines through it: She used hard ground for the fine details.
- packedFilled to capacity
- soilGround matter for planting
- dirtLoose dry earth
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- frost heaveSoil expansion from ice
compact · earth · dry · dry spell · cracked · clay · pavement · concrete · rocky · solid · firm · unyielding · trampled · baked · parched · bone dry · dusty · hooves
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
- printsprint, fine art prints, art print, woodcut, lithograph
- etchingacid etching, etchant, glass etching, photoresist, mordant
- soil propertiessoil classification, moisture content, water content, porosity, permeability
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- ground surfacesdirt, grass, gravel, sand, soil
hard groundsoft ground
Unstable, yielding terrain
soft soil · loose soil · loamy soil · tilled soil · sandy soil
hard groundsoft ground
Unstable, yielding terrain
swampy ground · quicksand · mire · bog · marsh
hard groundsoggy ground
waterlogged soil · damp earth · swampy ground · mire · moist soil
hard, ground, harder, hardest, harden, hardened, hardening, hardness, hardly