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borrow pit

borrow pit noun: a pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

Noun

borrow pit (plural borrow pits)

  1. A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
    • No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367
    • Material for the embankments—about 300,000 cu. yd. of it—has been obtained from a borrow pit alongside the Nottingham-Grantham road.1960 May, “Colliery Branch Construction in Nottinghamshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 353

borrow pit meaning in Tamil

borrow pit in Tamil

அயலிடக் குழி

Forms of borrow pit

pluralborrow pits

Questions about borrow pit

What does borrow pit mean?
Borrow pit means a pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
What is borrow pit in Tamil?
Borrow pit in Tamil is அயலிடக் குழி. See Borrow pit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is borrow pit?
Borrow pit is a noun.
What is the plural of borrow pit?
The plural of borrow pit is borrow pits.

Words near borrow pit in the dictionary

  1. Borrovian
  2. borrow
  3. borrow a leaf out of someone's book
  4. borrow a page from someone's book
  5. borrow from Peter to pay Paul
  6. borrow pit
  7. borrow pits
  8. borrow roll
  9. borrow rolls
  10. borrow trouble
  11. borrow'd

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