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backfill

back·fill [ ˈbak-ˌfil]

backfill

verb

[ˈbak-ˌfil]

backfilled; backfilling; backfills

Definition of backfill

: to refill (something, such as an excavation) usually with excavated material
//backfill a trench

Other Words from backfill

backfill noun

Recent Examples on the Web

//The official expressed confidence that the funding would be backfilled but acknowledged it was not guaranteed.
— Washington Post, "Pentagon takes money from Puerto Rico, European projects to fund Trump’s wall," 6 Sep. 2019
//There is no guarantee the funds will automatically be backfilled, according to a congressional official and a U.S. defense official.
— NBC News, "Trump's plan to pay for border wall with Air Force funds risks national security, report says," 13 Sep. 2019
//Crews were still working to replace the line and backfill their excavation hole before Cordial Road, on the south side of Interstate 8, could be re-opened and water service restored in the area.
— Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Water main break near Lakeside disrupts water service," 13 Sep. 2019
//Coyote Point was originally an island, but the coastline was backfilled to create a cattle pasture.
— Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, "When Peninsula’s ‘Coney Island of the West’ was snuffed out by a stench," 4 Sep. 2019
//By and by, as redevelopment use expanded, diversions of property taxes reached about $5.5 billion a year and because of Proposition 98, the state was backfilling about $2 billion to schools.
— Dan Walters, The Mercury News, "Walters: A resurrection for redevelopment in California?," 25 Aug. 2019
//Newsom signed a bill into law earlier this year that provided $24 million to backfill property tax losses in Butte County to help the community begin to rebuild.
— Los Angeles Times, "Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first pet? An otter, he tells 2nd-graders in Paradise, Calif.," 21 Aug. 2019
//Lassina Zebro, the organization’s executive secretary, said Tuesday on Twitter that the two Russian stations reported to be offline are back in operation and are now backfilling the data.
— Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, "Big questions linger as Russia shares radiation data," 20 Aug. 2019
//Customarily, the chiefs of those departments will send men and machines to Lawrence, then backfill their resources from departments next door.
— Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, "The Day the Town Blew Up," 3 June 2019

First Known Use of backfill

1874, in the meaning defined above

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