Backfill

Quick meaning: Backfill is a verb meaning To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

Meaning

To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

More Meanings

1. (US) To provide reserve support.
2. (US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
3. (gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
4. The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
5. (US) Reserve support personnel.
6. (US) That which backfills; a replacement.
7. (archaeology) 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.

Example Sentences

The company backfilled Joe's position after he was terminated.

We backfilled the cistern with pea gravel to discourage its use as a refuse container.

Clay excavated for the new river channel has been used to backfill the old watercourse, while embankment vegetation was also moved from the old channel to the new in order to preserve a habitat for the rare Four Spotted Moths that live there.

Word Forms

• backfills
• backfilling
• backfilled
• back-fill

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include infill, transfer, fill, refill, embankment, landfill.

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