- any layer of firm detrital matter, as of clay, underlying soft soil.
- hard, unbroken ground.
- the fundamental or basic aspect of anything; solid foundation; underlying reality: the hardpan of mathematical theory.
- a hard impervious layer of clay below the soil, resistant to drainage and root growth
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