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back⋅fill

  [bak-fil]
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–noun
1. material used for refilling an excavation.
–verb (used with object)
2. to refill (an excavation).
Origin:
1950–55; back 2 + fill
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back·fill   (bāk'fĭl')   
n.  Material used to refill an excavated area.
tr.v.   back·filled, back·fill·ing, back·fills
To refill (an excavated area) with such material.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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