HyperDic: hardpan

English > 1 sense of the word hardpan:
NOUNsubstancehardpan, calichecrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
English > hardpan: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningcrust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
Synonymcaliche
Broadersoil, dirtThe part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Spanishhardpan
Catalanhardpan

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