BORROW PIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does borrow pit mean? 

• BORROW PIT (noun)
  The noun BORROW PIT has 1 sense:

1. a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site

  Familiarity information: BORROW PIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORROW PIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("borrow pit" is a kind of...):

cavity; pit (a sizeable hole (usually in the ground))