fill material

collocation in English

meaningsoffillandmaterial

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fill
noun[U]
uk
/fɪl/us
/fɪl/
someone's fill is as much as they want or can ...
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material
adjective
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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(Definition offillandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffill material

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The off-site disposal offillmaterialis not restricted, although the disposal must not result in any off-site impact.
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Along one side of the black field there will be a wall made of miningfillmaterialand concrete.
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The amounts of importedfillmaterialrequired for a mile of motorway varies considerably from scheme to scheme.
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There will be a residual requirement, however, for some otherfillmaterial.
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What is required to produce a concrete block is obviously concrete and a bulk orfillmaterialto go with it.
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The void under the dam was plugged by addingfillmaterialto the river below and upstream of the dam.
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Contaminated soils andfillmaterialare sources of contaminated dust.
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Developers dredged canals and used the spoil to providefillmaterialfor houses.
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Some 578,000 cubic yards offillmaterialwas removed by blasting with dynamite or other methods.
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Virtually anyfillmaterialwill actually work including un-stabilized sand, earth, gravel, crushed volcanic rock, rice hulls, etc.
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Air flow enters one or more vertical faces of the cooling tower to meet thefillmaterial.
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The fill was created as a result of the placement of 805,481 cubic yards offillmaterialwithin this embankment.
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The cut was the result of the removal of 462,342 cubic yards offillmaterialwithin this section.
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The fill, which was created by placingfillmaterialobtained by blasting with dynamite or other methods, is about 0.5 miles (0.64 km) long.
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A total of 14621100cuyd m3 offillmaterialwas required for the project, more than could be obtained from the project's cuts.
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Most of its 720,000 cubic yards offillmaterialwas excavated from the surrounding low-lying area.
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