oversite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ site

Adjective[edit]

oversite (not comparable)

  1. (construction) Laid over the ground, or built above an existing site.
    • 2019 October 23, RAIL, page 70, image caption:
      The new station entrance on Cannon Street shortly after completion of the roof on September 12, and how it will look once opened and with oversite development in 2022.

Noun[edit]

oversite (plural oversites)

  1. (construction) A layer of concrete underneath the ground floor of a building, as a seal
  2. (construction) An oversite slab, a slab on grade, a flat, solid layer of concrete laid over prepared ground, usually serving as a base for flooring or for pouring the reinforced concrete floor slab (base plate).

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