hardpan
Kelime Anlamı :

1. sert tabaka.
2. KİLLİ, İYİ DERECELENDİRİLMİŞ ZEMİN.
3. sert toprak.
4. sağlam temeller.
5. temel.
6. çekirdek.
Tanımlar :
1. A layer of hard subsoil or clay. also called caliche.
2. hard, unbroken ground.
3. A foundation; bedrock.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.
2. A dry lake.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. see pan.
2. the hard substratum. same as hard pan, under hard, a.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.