c horizon

1. 1.

   beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock

   SynonymsC-horizon

   Broadersoil horizon

Questions about c horizon

What does c horizon mean?

c horizon means "beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock".

What is another word for c horizon?

Close synonyms include C-horizon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is c horizon a common word?

c horizon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.