SOIL HORIZON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A layer in a soil profile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("soil horizon" is a kind of...):

horizon (a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land)

Instance hyponyms:

A-horizon; A horizon (the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus)

B-horizon; B horizon (immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils)

C-horizon; C horizon (beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock)

Holonyms ("soil horizon" is a part of...):

profile (a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers)