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spoil heaps

spoil heaps is the plural of spoil heap.

Meaning of spoil heap

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.

Questions about spoil heaps

What is spoil heaps the plural of?
Spoil heaps is the plural of spoil heap.

Words near spoil heaps in the dictionary

  1. Spohr
  2. Spohrs
  3. spoil
  4. spoil five
  5. spoil heap
  6. spoil heaps
  7. spoil market
  8. spoil somebody rotten
  9. spoil someone rotten
  10. spoil the market
  11. spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar

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