Backfill Definition

băkfĭl
backfills
noun
Material used to refill an excavated area.
American Heritage
Material used in refilling an excavation.
Webster's New World

The material that has been used to refill an excavation.

Wiktionary
(US) Reserve support personnel.
Wiktionary

(US) That which backfills; a replacement.

Wiktionary
verb
To refill (an excavated area) with such material.
American Heritage
To refill (an excavation) as with earth, etc. previously removed.
Webster's New World
To fill (a job or position that has been vacated).
American Heritage

To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

Wiktionary
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
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Other Word Forms of Backfill

Noun

Singular:
backfill
Plural:
backfills

Origin of Backfill

Backfill Sentence Examples

  • Roman, Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian pottery were recovered from the feature's single backfill.

  • You must then backfill the trench up to 18 " from road level.

  • The backfill was identified as a dark gray clay silt with mixed gravel and lumps of redeposited subsoil.

  • Cover the pipe with some washed stone, and then backfill the trench with soil.

  • This backfill had inclusions of charcoal flecks and gravel and sherds of medieval pottery (Appendix E) were recovered during excavation.

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Words Starting With

BBABAC

Words Ending With

LLLILL

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Words Starting With B and Ending With L

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With B8 Letter Words Ending With L