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cohesionless soil

/ kəʊˈhiːʒənlɪs /

noun

  1. any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles Also calledfrictional soil Compare cohesive soil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It was designed for cohesionless soil, in which particles flow with little to no friction between them—as in a vat of sugar.

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