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Civ. Engin.a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.[1890-95]
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borrow pit — noun a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑cavity * * * noun : an excavated area where material (as earth) has been borrowed to be used as fill at another location * * * Civ. Engin. a pit from … Useful english dictionary
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borrow pit — noun a pit resulting from the excavation of material for use in embankments … English new terms dictionary
borrow pit — noun Date: 1863 an excavated area where material has been dug for use as fill at another location … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Borrow — or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. *In finance, monetary debt *In language, the use of loanwords *In arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from … Wikipedia
pit stop — 1. n. a pause in a journey (usually by car) to urinate. (From the name of a service stop in automobile racing.) □ I think we’ll pull in at the next rest area. I need a pit stop. □ Poor Max needs a pit stop every thirty miles. 2. n. an underarm… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
