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earthwork
(-wʉrk′)
noun
- an embankment made by piling up earth, esp. as a fortification
- Engineering the work of excavating or building embankments
- a work of art, usually massive in scale, incorporating a natural feature of an area, as a groove sculpted into a desert mesa or a wheat field planted in geometric patterns
See earthwork in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An earthen embankment, especially one used as a fortification. See Synonyms at bulwark.
- Engineering Excavation and embankment of earth.
- A work of art made by altering an area of land or a natural geographic feature, especially on a large scale.
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