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backfill definition

back·fill (-fil′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to refill (an excavation) as with earth, etc. previously removed

noun

material used in refilling an excavation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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