infertile soil

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• Infertile — In*fer tile, a. [L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See {In } not, and {Fertile}.] Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; unable to propagate its kind; as, an infertile soil; an infertile hybrid; of living things and of soil or land. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• infertile — [[t]ɪnfɜ͟ː(r)taɪl, AM t(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ A person or animal that is infertile is unable to produce babies. According to one survey, one woman in eight is infertile. Derived words: infertility [[t]ɪ̱nfɜː(r)tɪ̱lɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Male infertility is …   English dictionary

• infertile — adjective 1) infertile soil Syn: barren, unfruitful, unproductive; sterile, impoverished, arid 2) she was infertile Syn: sterile, barren; childless, unable to procreate/reproduce, impotent; Medicine in …   Thesaurus of popular words

• infertile — infertilely, adv. infertility, infertileness, n. /in ferr tl/ or, esp. Brit., / tuyl/, adj. not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil. [1590 1600; < L infertilis. See IN 3, FERTILE] * * * …   Universalium

• infertile — /ɪnˈfɜtaɪl / (say in fertuyl) adjective not fertile; unfruitful; unproductive; barren: infertile soil. –infertility /ɪnfəˈtɪləti/ (say infuh tiluhtee), noun …  

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• soil — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 earth ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ shallow, thin ▪ fertile, good, rich ▪ infertile …   Collocations dictionary

• soil — 01. You need to turn the [soil] at the base of the plant once in a while to keep it from getting too hard packed. 02. The old man had trouble controlling himself, and often [soiled] his pants. 03. The [soil] at the mouth of a river is usually… …   Grammatical examples in English

• infertile — in|fer|tile [ınˈfə:taıl US ˈfə:rtl] adj 1.) unable to have babies ▪ infertile couples 2.) infertile land or soil is not good enough to grow plants in …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• infertile — adjective 1 infertile land or soil is not good enough to grow plants in 2 an infertile person or animal cannot have babies infertility noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• infertile — adj. Infertile is used with these nouns: ↑couple, ↑earth, ↑soil …   Collocations dictionary