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borrow pit

noun

, Civil Engineering.
  1. a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.


borrow pit

noun

  1. civil engineering an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere
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Word History and Origins

Origin of borrow pit1

First recorded in 1890–95

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