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单词 borrow pit
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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 of borrow pit

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby borrow pit

borreliosis, Borromini, borrow, borrowed time, borrowing, borrow pit, borrow trouble, Bors, borscht, borscht circuit, borsic
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Example sentences from the Web for borrow pit

  • The borrow-pit must be carefully located—convenient of access, far enough from the track not to be a danger spot to it.

    The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
  • Bigmouth buffalo were rare, and were taken only in quiet parts of larger streams, and in the borrow-pit at Station 6-S.

    Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas|W. L. Minckley

British Dictionary definitions for borrow pit

borrow pit

noun

civil engineering an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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