civils
See also: Civils
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /sɪvl̩z/
Noun
civils (uncountable)
- (chiefly informal) civil engineering
- 1999 January 7, Ken Welsby, “Re: DLR Do”, in uk.transport.london[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2008-07-07:
- The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it.
Usage notes
The word is normally plural in construction, and is mostly used in relation to the infrastructure of transport networks and projects, particularly the maintenance of existing structures or the design and construction of new projects.
Anagrams
Catalan
Adjective
civils
French
Adjective
civils
Noun
civils m
Norman
Adjective
Occitan
Adjective
civils
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