Usually means: Dense, compacted soil layer below.
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  1. hardpan: Merriam-Webster
  2. hardpan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hardpan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hardpan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hardpan: Vocabulary.com
  6. hardpan: Wordnik
  7. hardpan: Wiktionary
  8. hardpan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hardpan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hardpan: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hardpan: Dictionary.com
  12. Hardpan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hardpan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hardpan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. hardpan: Rhymezone
  16. Hardpan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hardpan: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hardpan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hardpan: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. hardpan: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hardpan)

noun:  A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water.
noun:  Synonym of dry lake.

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