backfill

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

back·fill

verb \-ˌfil\

Definition of BACKFILL

transitive verb
: to refill (as an excavation) usually with excavated material
intransitive verb
: to backfill an excavation
backfill noun

First Known Use of BACKFILL

1908

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