natural slope
Britishnoun
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This assumes your lot has enough natural slope to your property lines.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
This one was designed to match the natural slope of the bedroom wall.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022
“Depending on storm activity and other factors, we’d anticipate it to resemble its more natural slope within three to six months.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018
“Generally, after a renourishment is done the slope just offshore begins to mimic the natural slope relatively quickly,” Gardner said.
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018
As the planking was laid west of the trolley tracks, traffic was turned to that side of the street, and the material east of the tracks was excavated to its natural slope.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 by Clarke, George C.
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