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infill Definition

in·fill (in′fil′)

adjective

of or having to do with the filling in of remaining available space an infill housing project uptown

infill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: These three basins are isolated from the North Falkland Basin, and have a completely different infill.
  • remove: The work would have included removing the infill above Valley Aqueduct and carrying out repairs to that Aqueduct and the one over Crime Lane.
  • excavate: Some of the infill excavated from the pound has been banked up on the off-side.
  • include: As part of the survey in 2000, the girths of the trees in the two avenues were measured, including the newer infills.

Adjective modifier

  • concrete: Larger span covers may require propping from below to prevent distortion caused by the weight of the wet concrete infill.
  • small: The majority of development opportunities continue to be small infill or brownfield sites.
  • new: He said monitors would be installed to keep a check on how the new chalk infill was settling in.
  • black: The Raven Stone A class one Pictish stone showing the Sea Eagle and notched rectangle with z rod symbols the black infill is recent.

Modifies a noun

  • drilling: Already there is a significant amount of infill drilling going on.
  • panel: You don't say whether the brick infill panels are painted or finished in another way.
  • plot: The market is very strong for infill plots, where values have shown a significant rise.
  • development: There is demand for small infill developments, however prices achieved show no significant upward movement.
  • site: Finally the site was not an infill site due to its location with open gardens to the side.
  • material: The service provided is as above, but new infill material is applied and distributed to appropriate levels.

Noun used with modifier

  • daub: The west end had close studded, timber framing with wattle and daub infill.
  • rubble: The rubble infill has been removed from the bridge beyond.
  • plaster: East wall: tie beam above division between nave and chancel, and plaster infill above the beam.
  • sediment: Some gravel and coarse sand may derive from erosion of sediment infills of earlier ( Pleistocene ) buried channels and valley terrace deposits.
  • brick: Timber framed, now with brick infill, thatched roof.
  • mesh: The panels are built from 25mm square tube with 2 " x 2 " x 8g welded mesh infill.