earthwork
noun
earth·work
ˈərth-ˌwərk 
1
: an embankment or other construction made of earth
especially
: one used as a field fortification
2
: the operations connected with excavations and embankments of earth
3
: a work of art consisting of a portion of land modified by an artist
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The construction is part of the larger $1.17 billion Central City Flood Control Project, which aims to replace a series of earthworks levees by connecting two sections of the Trinity River north of downtown.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024
A little under an hour northeast, off I-69 in Anderson, is Mounds State Park, home to 10 earthworks built by prehistoric Native Americans known as the Adena-Hopewell people.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Local folklore holds that copulating on the giant's crotch will help a couple conceive a child, and there is an Iron Age earthwork known as the Trendle at the top of the hill in which the giant has been carved.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
Developers will then move forward with improving the property with earthwork, grading, roads, sidewalks, stormwater detention facilities, parking lots, new water mains and sanitary sewers, according to plans approved by board at its Jan. 15 meeting.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
Founded in 1924, the contractor specializes in earthwork, utilities, demolition and deep foundations and has worked on private and public projects across the metro area like St. Paul’s Allianz field.
—Maraya King, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2024
Her father, the late C.W. McGrath, through successful earthwork and development companies, was responsible for the grading and general engineering work that underpins much local infrastructure from roadways to whole subdivisions.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
Advertisement As construction trucks and bulldozers rumbled nearby, members of the media picked their way carefully around puddles that had sprung up from rain the night before to gaze at the new earthworks.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
Next, the researchers used computer modeling to analyze known earthwork sites and predict their spread across the Amazon.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2024
A little under an hour northeast, off I-69 in Anderson, is Mounds State Park, home to 10 earthworks built by prehistoric Native Americans known as the Adena-Hopewell people.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Local folklore holds that copulating on the giant's crotch will help a couple conceive a child, and there is an Iron Age earthwork known as the Trendle at the top of the hill in which the giant has been carved.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2024
Developers will then move forward with improving the property with earthwork, grading, roads, sidewalks, stormwater detention facilities, parking lots, new water mains and sanitary sewers, according to plans approved by board at its Jan. 15 meeting.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
Founded in 1924, the contractor specializes in earthwork, utilities, demolition and deep foundations and has worked on private and public projects across the metro area like St. Paul’s Allianz field.
—Maraya King, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2024
Her father, the late C.W. McGrath, through successful earthwork and development companies, was responsible for the grading and general engineering work that underpins much local infrastructure from roadways to whole subdivisions.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
Advertisement As construction trucks and bulldozers rumbled nearby, members of the media picked their way carefully around puddles that had sprung up from rain the night before to gaze at the new earthworks.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
Next, the researchers used computer modeling to analyze known earthwork sites and predict their spread across the Amazon.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
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earthwork
noun
earth·work
-ˌwərk
: something (as a raised bank or wall) constructed out of earth especially for protection
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