back-fill

A form of backfill — To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

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Meanings

verbback-fill (third-person singular simple present back-fills, present participle back-filling, simple past and past participle back-filled)

present singular third person back-fills · participle present back-filling · participle past back-filled · past back-filled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backfill.
nounback-fill (plural back-fills)

plural back-fills

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backfill.
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APA

back-fill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-fill

MLA

“back-fill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-fill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-fill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-fill.

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