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backfill

verb back·fill \-ˌfil\

Definition of BACKFILL

transitive verb
:  to refill (as an excavation) usually with excavated material
intransitive verb
:  to backfill an excavation
backfill noun
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First Known Use of BACKFILL

1908

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