[urth-wurk] 
| 1. | excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation. |
| 2. | Military. a construction formed chiefly of earth for protection against enemy fire, used in both offensive and defensive operations. |
| 3. | an artistic work that consists of a large-scale alteration or modification of an area of land in a configuration designed by an artist or of an artist's sculptural installation, as in a museum or gallery, of soil, rock, or similar elemental materials. |
| earth·work (ûrth'wûrk') n.
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