HyperDic: caliche

English > 2 senses of the word caliche:
NOUNsubstancecaliche, hardpancrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
substancecalichenitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
English > caliche: 2 senses > noun 1, substance
Meaningcrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
Synonymhardpan
Broadersoil, dirtThe part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Spanishhardpan
Catalanhardpan
English > caliche: 2 senses > noun 2, substance
Meaningnitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru.
Broaderrock, stonematerial consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
Spanishcaliche, nitrato de Chile
Catalannitrat de Xile

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