| a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location. |
| 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 |