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noun Civil Engineering.
a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.
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Origin of borrow pit
First recorded in 1890â95
Words nearby borrow pit
borrelia, Borromini, borrow, borrowed time, borrowing, borrow pit, borrow trouble, Bors, borscht, borscht circuit, borsic
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British Dictionary definitions for borrow pit
borrow pit
noun
civil engineering an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere
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