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rockdumping

/ˈrɒkdʌmpɪŋ/

rockdumping noun: the process or activity of depositing rocks onto the seabed—typically to protect or stabilize underwater structures like pipelines, cables, or platforms.

Noun

rockdumping (uncountable)

  1. (marine engineering) The process or activity of depositing rocks onto the seabed—typically to protect or stabilize underwater structures like pipelines, cables, or platforms.
    • The Coast Guard assisted by supervising the rockdumping and by securing lines to the barges to stabilize the dump.1961, SFI Bulletin, numbers 121-140, Sport Fishing Institute, page 10
    • Or the trench may be too shallow in some places which requires additional rockdumping on the line to attain stability.1996, Terence Knott, Terry Knott, No Business as Usual: An Extraordinary North Sea Result, British Petroleum Company, page 104

Origin of rockdumping

rock + dumping

Questions about rockdumping

What does rockdumping mean?
Rockdumping means the process or activity of depositing rocks onto the seabed—typically to protect or stabilize underwater structures like pipelines, cables, or platforms.
What part of speech is rockdumping?
Rockdumping is a noun.
How do you pronounce rockdumping?
Rockdumping is pronounced /ˈrɒkdʌmpɪŋ/.

Words near rockdumping in the dictionary

  1. rockcrushers
  2. Rockdale
  3. Rockdale County
  4. rockdrill
  5. rockdrills
  6. rockdumping
  7. Rocke
  8. rocked
  9. rocked along
  10. rocked and rolled
  11. rocked on

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