earth-moving

English

Noun

earth-moving (uncountable)

1. The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site.
   • 1962 June, David Walters, “The new station and layout at Coventry”, in Modern Railways, page 403:

     Work was started in January, 1958 and involved considerable earth-moving, as a cutting about 25ft deep was needed to give rail access to a newly acquired site to the north of the station.

Alternative forms

• earth moving

See also

• earthmoving

References

• “earth moving”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.