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How to pronounce “soil”

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Pronunciation guide for soil

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of soil with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Sustainable Agriculture for the WorldAnd he shared with me that the cost of farmable soil in
Definition summary: (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

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Sustainable Agriculture for the World

And he shared with me that the cost of farmable soil in

[Noun]
(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
Country or territory.
That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Dung; compost; manure.
[Verb]
(transitive) To make dirty.
(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
(transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
To make invalid, to ruin.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.