earth-moving
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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.
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[edit]- “earth moving”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.