soilage
- noun
- Archaic
- Please avoid tracking soilage into the house after working in the garden.
Examples
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The workers removed all the soilage from the warehouse before the inspection.
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Heavy rains caused soilage to accumulate along the roadside.
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The soilage in the kitchen was unacceptable.
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After the storm, the garden was covered in soilage.
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The workers removed all the soilage from the warehouse before the inspection.
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Heavy rains caused soilage to accumulate along the roadside.
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Please avoid tracking soilage into the house after working in the garden.
Synonyms
Substance that makes things unclean
Harmful things that make food, water, or places unsafe
Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty
Dirt and soot that make a surface look dirty
Something that damages a person's good name
A state of being dirty and likely to spread disease
Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains
An act of making something dirty, often with food or body waste
A very dirty state with waste and rubbish
A state when a place or person is dirty and not cared for
Dirt and waste removed when you clean something
An action that makes a place or object dirty
A state of being made dirty, often of water or land
Very dirty and unpleasant places caused by poverty or lack of care
Dirty mess or rubbish that makes a place unpleasant
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soilage comes from the simple verb soil, which means 'to make dirty', plus the ending -age that turns an action into a thing. So soilage is the 'state or result' of making something dirty, which is why it refers to dirt or filth.