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geotextiles

geotextiles is the plural of geotextile.

Meaning of geotextile

Noun

geotextile (plural geotextiles)

  1. Any strong, permeable fabric used in earthworks for any of a number of purposes, including separation of soil layers, filtering, reinforcing, erosion protection and protection of drainage pipes from clogging.
    • You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.2014 August 24, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: gravel paths and cutting heating bills [print version: Cold comfort in technology, 23 August 2014, p. P5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)

Questions about geotextiles

What is geotextiles the plural of?
Geotextiles is the plural of geotextile.

Words near geotextiles in the dictionary

  1. geotectonics
  2. geotectonism
  3. geotemporal
  4. geotemporally
  5. geotextile
  6. geotextiles
  7. geotherm
  8. geothermal
  9. geothermal energy
  10. geothermally
  11. geothermic

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