Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrow pit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: bor-row pit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

Example Sentences

"No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines."
"Material for the embankments—about 300,000 cu. yd. of it—has been obtained from a borrow pit alongside the Nottingham-Grantham road."

Inflected Forms

borrow pits (plural)

Questions

What does borrow pit mean?: A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

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