ADJ
- deep
- shallow, thin
- fertile, good, rich
- barren, infertile, poor
- light
- heavy
- loose
- dry
- damp, moist, waterlogged, wet
- acid/acidic, alkaline
- contaminated
- top (also topsoil)
- chalky, clay/clayey, peaty, sandy, stony
- alluvial, desert, forest, garden, polar, volcanic
VERB + SOIL
- cultivate
- dig, till, turn, work
- fields of newly turned soil The clayey soils of the region are difficult to work
- fertilize
- drain
- loosen
SOIL + NOUN
- conservation
- degradation, erosion
- conditions, fertility, quality
- declining soil fertility
- type
- surface
- science, scientist
PREP
- in (the) ~
- The flowers do well in sandy soil
VERB + SOIL
- set foot on
- She first set foot on French soil at a small Channel port
PREP
- on … ~
- protests over the siting of nuclear weapons on British soil