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backfill Definition

back·fill (-fil′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to refill (an excavation) as with earth, etc. previously removed

noun

material used in refilling an excavation

backfill Usage Examples

Object

  • trench: You must then backfill the trench up to 18 " from road level.
  • pit: Plant the tree as normal, but don't completely backfill the pit.
  • hole: Don't cause excessive erosion and always backfill any holes.

Preposition: on

  • occasion: The feature had been backfilled on one occasion and was undated.

Adjective modifier

  • silty: This feature measured up to 0.16m in width x 0.21m in depth with a brown silty clay backfill.
  • brown: These again contained very dark yellowish brown sandy clay backfills including blocks of pale yellow clay.
  • dark: These again contained very dark yellowish brown sandy clay backfills including blocks of pale yellow clay.
  • single: Roman, Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian pottery were recovered from the feature's single backfill.

Converse of object

  • contain: The largest of these, F440, measured 1.1m in diameter, and up to 0.5m in depth, and contained two distinct backfills.

Modifying Another Word

  • partially: It is then usually partially backfilled with argon to avoid the possibility of forming a glow discharge.
  • deliberately: Finally, there is some evidence that Enclosure Ditch 1 was deliberately backfilled.
  • once: The circular feature was well-defined in plan, measuring 0.37m in diameter x 0.15m deep, and was found to have been backfilled once.
  • then: You must then backfill the trench up to 18 " from road level.

Noun used with modifier

  • pit: Pit backfill Within the sorted residue charcoal and bone ( including caprovid and fish ) were common while hammerscale was rare.
  • clay: These again contained very dark yellowish brown sandy clay backfills including blocks of pale yellow clay.

Preposition: of

  • ditch: A Roman brooch was found in the backfill of the inner ditch of the Southern Henge.

Preposition: with

  • clay: The gully had been backfilled with a gray sandy clay with occasional mixed gravel.
  • deposit: F45 was backfilled with a homogenous deposit of blue gray clay which contained frequent iron pan flecks and evidence of oxidization within its matrix.
  • inclusion: F29 was orientated NE/SW and was up to 0.3m deep containing a dark brown clayey silt backfill with inclusions of charcoal flecks and pebbles.
  • soil: Backfill with soil around the edge as the pond fills.