borrow pit
noun Civil Engineering.
a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.
Origin of borrow pit
First recorded in 1890–95
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British Dictionary definitions for borrow pit
borrow pit
noun
civil engineering
an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere