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Crosswords: BACKFILL |
| Specialty definitions using "BACKFILL": excess spoil ♦ gradall ♦ UTILITY-TRACTOR OPERATOR. (references) |
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| Domain | Definition |
Building | The gravel or earth replaced in the space around a building wall after foundations are in place. (references) |
Metallurgy | A layer of highly conductive ramming material between the shell of a blast furnace and the refractory lining in the bosh zone. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Waste sand or rock used to support the roof after removal of ore from the stope; sand or dirt placed behind timber, steel or concrete linings in shafts or tunnels; the filling in again of a place from which the rock or ore has been removed. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. Waste sand or rock used to support the roof or walls after removal of ore from a stope b. Sand or dirt placed behind timber, steel, or concrete linings in shafts or tunnels c. The process of sealing and filling, and/or the material used to seal or fill, a borehole when completed, to prevent its acting as a course along which water may seep or flow into rock formations or mine workings d. Material excavated from a site and reused for filling, for example, the use of stones or coarse gravel for filling draining trenches.See also:fill. (references) | |
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| "BACKFILL" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "BACKFILL" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 58.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.33% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "BACKFILL": backfill ramming. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
backfill | 15 |
backfill tamper | 3 |
backfill foundation | 2 |
above backfill ground pool | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BACKFILL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stampemasse (backfill ramming, ramming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stampmassa (backfill ramming, ramming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | remblayage cémenté base de matériaux spéciaux (cemented backfill using special materials), il convient de sélectionner soigneusement la granularité du matériau employé pour remblayer la tranchée drainante (grading of the material used to backfill the drainage trench should be carefully selected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hinterstampfmasse (backfill ramming, ramming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μηχανισμός γόμωσης με πυρίμαχο υλικό (backfill ramming, ramming), μάζα σταθεροποίησης πυρίμαχου υλικού (backfill ramming, ramming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | si deve selezionare accuratamente l'assortimento granulometrico del materiale impiegato per il rinterro della trincea di drenaggio (grading of the material used to backfill the drainage trench should be carefully selected), ripiena cementizia realizzato con particolari materiali (cemented backfill using special materials). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackfillbay massa de fixação do refractário (backfill ramming, ramming). (various references) relleno (blinding, filled, filler, filling, packing, pad, padded, padding, replacement, replenishment, stuffing, supplement, wadding), masa apisonada de refractario de relleno E (backfill ramming, ramming), macidado (back filling, filling material, stowed goaf, stowing, stowing material). (various references) засипати канаву, засипання канави. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "BACKFILL": backfilled, backfilling, backfills. (additional references) | |
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"BACKFILL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: backflip, Beckmill, Berkfell, Birkill, Bitchkill, Blackfell, Brackbill. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-f-i-k-l-l" | |
-3 letters: black, calif, flack, flail, flick, kalif, kibla, lilac. | |
-4 letters: alif, back, bail, balk, ball, bilk, bill, calf, calk, call, fail, fall, fila, fill, flab, flak, flic, ilka, kaif, kail, kill, lack, laic, lick. | |
-5 letters: ail, alb, all, bal, cab, fib, fil, ick, ilk, ill, kab, kaf, kif, lab, lac, lib. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-f-i-k-l-l" | |
+1 letter: backfills. | |
+2 letters: backfilled, blackflies. | |
+3 letters: backfilling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 43 4B 46 49 4C 4C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.-. -.- ..-. .. .-.. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 01000110 01001001 01001100 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A C K F I L L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0043 004B 0046 0049 004C 004C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635374540434646 |
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