soil's

Earth's belonging form

Soil's is the possessive form of soil—the loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow.

It indicates something belonging to or characteristic of soil: the soil's fertility, the soil's moisture content, the soil's ability to retain nutrients.

The word appears most often in agricultural, gardening, and environmental contexts.

earth

composition

Arranged elements forming whole

clay · loam · sand · humus · minerals · microbes · earthworms · texture · drainage · acidity

contamination

pollution

Environmental harm from waste

remediation · cleanup · heavy metals · pesticides · runoff · leaching · depletion · salinity · compaction · desertification

territory

homeland

One's native land

burial · ground · land · nation · roots · heritage · motherland · fatherland · birthplace · attachment

gardening

beds

Furniture for sleeping

tilling · cultivation · planting · seedlings · roots · enrichment · pH · testing · preparation · conditioning

staining

dirty

Not clean

marked · tarnished · stained · grimy · muddy · laundering · cleaning · removal · pretreatment · detergent

Opposites
earth vs. sky/air

soil'ssky's

Belonging to the firmament

air's · atmosphere's · heaven's · cloud's · space's

ground vs. water

soil'swater's

Possessive of H2O

sea's · ocean's · river's · lake's · aquatic

Phrases
Family

soil, soiled, soils, topsoil, soiling, unsoiled, subsoil, soilless

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G