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backfills

backfills is the plural of backfill.

backfills is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backfill.

Meaning of backfill

Noun

backfill (countable and uncountable, plural backfills)

  1. The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
  2. (US) Reserve support personnel.
  3. (US) That which backfills; a replacement.
  4. Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.

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Questions about backfills

What is backfills the plural of?
Backfills is the plural of backfill.

Words near backfills in the dictionary

  1. backfilled
  2. backfiller
  3. backfillers
  4. backfilling
  5. backfillings
  6. backfills
  7. backfin
  8. backfins
  9. backfire
  10. backfire effect
  11. backfire effects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backfills (page history and authors); backfill (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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