backfilling

Examples

• All

• Now we're just going to now we're just going to backfill with some soil here and get this looking pretty.

• Backfilling was initially performed by hand shoveling.

  Academic text (2006)

• And what I'm going to do now is backfill around the rest of the root ball here.

• So I am going to dig out a little bit more perfect and then I'm just going to backfill soil around it.

• Care was taken to ensure that the impermeable plastic membrane liners were not punctured during the backfilling process.

  Academic text (2006)

• The workers began the backfilling process to refill the trench with soil after the pipes were installed.

• During construction, careful backfilling is essential to ensure the stability of the foundation.

• After the excavation was complete, the team proceeded with the backfilling to restore the land's surface.

Synonyms

F

filling

vsbackfilling

1 1.4

The act of putting things into a space or writing details to make something complete

is focused on putting material into dug holes not any container

I

infilling

vsbackfilling

• Specialized

1 5.5

Material that fills a gap in buildings or the ground

is done specifically to return soil to trenches or holes

R

refilling

vsbackfilling

1 1.6

Putting more of something into something that is almost empty, like a printer or water cooler

is about returning soil into excavated ground rather than general replenishment

Antonyms

E

to excavate

10 6.0

To make a hole by removing earth or rock

V

to void

2 5.8

To make a place empty by removing all people or things

How Filled

backfilling

• Specialized

4.7

void

182 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology