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spoil heap

spoil heap noun: a heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation).

Noun

spoil heap (plural spoil heaps)

  1. A heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation).
    Synonyms:
    spoil tip, slag heap, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank
  2. The place where spoil is dumped.

Synonyms of spoil heap

  • spoil tip
  • slag heap
  • boney pile
  • gob pile
  • culm bank

All synonyms of spoil heap

Forms of spoil heap

pluralspoil heaps

Questions about spoil heap

What does spoil heap mean?
Spoil heap means a heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation).
What part of speech is spoil heap?
Spoil heap is a noun.
What is the plural of spoil heap?
The plural of spoil heap is spoil heaps.

Words near spoil heap in the dictionary

  1. Spohns
  2. Spohr
  3. Spohrs
  4. spoil
  5. spoil five
  6. spoil heap
  7. spoil heaps
  8. spoil market
  9. spoil somebody rotten
  10. spoil someone rotten
  11. spoil the market

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