Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Composed of particles that do not cohere. Used of soil.
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- adjective geology, soil science Lacking
cohesion among particles, such as in the case ofsand
Etymologies
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cohesion + -less
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Examples
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"Subsidence problems occur most often if the conditions involve very shallow mining of a thick vein of coal, little or no rock cover and a very cohesionless soil, such as sand, separating the mining from the surface," the study found.
Times Leader News 2009
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