backfilling

Meaning of backfilling

verb
  1. To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
  2. To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
  3. To provide reserve support.
  4. To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
    The company backfilled Joe's position after he was terminated.
noun
  1. The process by which something is backfilled.
    the backfilling of trenches

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Hyphenation of backfilling

back-fill-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • backfilling is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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