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bungham

bungham noun: a type of clay sometimes found in marshes.

Noun

bungham (uncountable)

  1. A type of clay sometimes found in marshes.
    • Even in such soft material as marsh clay, or what engineers call “bungham,” there is no danger of the hole collapsing.1928, Transactions of the Society of Engineers, page 240
    • A typical borehole starting at 9 ft. below the level of Grosvenor Road showed the presence of 4 ft. of brick rubble, 1 ft. 6 in. of bungham, 3 ft. 3 in. of peat, 1 ft. each of green clay and green sand […]1930 November, Concrete and Constructional Engineering, volume 25

Questions about bungham

What does bungham mean?
Bungham means a type of clay sometimes found in marshes.
What part of speech is bungham?
Bungham is a noun.

Words near bungham in the dictionary

  1. bungeys
  2. bungfu
  3. bungfull
  4. Bunggo
  5. bunggul
  6. bungham
  7. bunghee
  8. bunghees
  9. bunghole
  10. bungholed
  11. bungholes

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