how to pronounce soil

/ˈsɔɪl/

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the above transcription of soil is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

soil is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of soil in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… plant the flag into lunar soil why did a …”

meaning of soil

Soil is the top layer of the earth's surface.

soil frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word soil occurs in english on average 23.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics soil can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that soil can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;