Definitions for hardpans

hardpans hard·pan

Spelling: [hahrd-pan]
IPA: /ˈhɑrdˌpæn/

Hardpans is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in hardpans (aadhnprs).

Definitions for hardpans

noun

  1. any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil. Compare caliche, duricrust.
  2. hard, unbroken ground.
  3. the fundamental or basic aspect of anything; solid foundation; underlying reality:
  4. any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil. Compare caliche, duricrust.
  5. hard, unbroken ground.
  6. the fundamental or basic aspect of anything; solid foundation; underlying reality:

Origin of hardpans

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; hard + pan1

Examples for hardpans

hardpan or stone screenings are much preferred for this purpose if they can be had.

When small lakes dry up, they leave a salt crust or hardpan.

He came to a dark patch on the hardpan and strided over it, unheeding.

Only hardpan and alkali land could be bought in California at that price.

For hardpan, shale, loose rock and similar materials, ample strength of teeth and dipper is of greater importance than its shape.

Three persons worked together, one to clear off the sand on the ground to within six inches of the hardpan.

Elsewhere the hardpan or bedrock must have been exceptionally level and near the top of the ground.

If the hardpan is rather high, it is well to subsoil the area or to trench it (that is, to spade it up two or three spades deep).

hardpan, the hard, unbroken layer of earth, below the mould or cultivated soil.

And as for doing what Adirondack Murray did—get right down to hardpan and wash dishes in a dishpan—he couldn't do it.

When small lakes dry up, they leave a salt crust or hardpan.

hardpan, the hard, unbroken layer of earth, below the mould or cultivated soil.

Three persons worked together, one to clear off the sand on the ground to within six inches of the hardpan.

He came to a dark patch on the hardpan and strided over it, unheeding.

For hardpan, shale, loose rock and similar materials, ample strength of teeth and dipper is of greater importance than its shape.

Elsewhere the hardpan or bedrock must have been exceptionally level and near the top of the ground.

hardpan or stone screenings are much preferred for this purpose if they can be had.

If the hardpan is rather high, it is well to subsoil the area or to trench it (that is, to spade it up two or three spades deep).

Only hardpan and alkali land could be bought in California at that price.

And as for doing what Adirondack Murray did—get right down to hardpan and wash dishes in a dishpan—he couldn't do it.

Word Value for hardpans
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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