backfill
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.
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