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borrow pit
noun Civil Engineering.
a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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| borrow pit | |
| —n | |
| civil engineering an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | borrow pit |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an excavation in which material is removed to be fill for another site; also called borrow hole, also written borrow-pit |
| Example: | The crew created borrow pits to make the railroad embankments. |
| Etymology: | from borrowing material from one place to fill in another |
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