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civil engineeringˌcivil engiˈneering noun [uncountable] - At the age of twenty-four he began an apprenticeship with Stothert & Company of Bath, civil engineering contractors.
- But his principal contribution was in the field of civil engineering, as a builder of road and railway bridges.
- He felt that civil engineering was unladylike, that she should become a solicitor or an accountant.
- No school of architecture or civil engineering wants to study or teach about building with earth.
- Robots for civil engineering will be worth £23 million by the same year, the association calculates.
- There where hot plates for breakfasts, refrigerators for drinks, and ironing boards civil engineering.
- This political dimension may make the massive civil engineering work even more hazardous.
- What particularly intrigues him is the board promoting Banks, the West Cornforth based mining and civil engineering group.
► Civilaqueduct, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nouncanalize, verbcivil engineering, nounculvert, noundam, noundam, verbdesalination, noundredge, verbdyke, nounpile, nounpile driver, nounpneumatic drill, nounpontoon, nounpontoon bridge, nounS-bend, nounsewer, nounsewerage, nounsteam shovel, nounstructural engineer, nounsump, nounsurveyor, nounwater main, nounwater tower, nounwaterworks, noun the planning, building, and repair of roads, bridges, large buildings etc—civil engineer noun [countable] |