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(transitive, idiomatic) to enclose with bricks
n
Alternative form of chimney stack [(architecture) A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.]
n
(manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
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(informal) A coating of concrete on a murdered body in order to dispose of the body underwater; associated with criminal gangs.
adj
Having lower parts made of or covered by copper (especially of a ship or cookware).
adj
(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.
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(now rare) A hollow or depression.
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(construction) A sealed airspace in a cavity wall.
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The hobby of using a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
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(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
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(construction, horticulture, archaeology) Soil used for filling, that is, found within or contemporaneously placed within a cavity, or a supply of soil for use as fill.
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A type of understructural element used to support a superstructure (ie. building and basement foundation slab), where a long pole buried vertically in the ground relies on friction with the ground to prevent sinking, supporting the heavy superstructure above, when used in groups as a pile foundation.
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An opening allowing passage or entrance.
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A passage that leads into a cavity.
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Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
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(UK dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence.
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(obsolete) A voltaic battery used in biological experiments.
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(dated) Synonym of atomic pile.
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(construction) A layer of concrete underneath the ground floor of a building, as a seal
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Synonym of pile (“wooden structure used to support prehistoric dwellings”)
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(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
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(figuratively, US colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements.
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A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
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A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.
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A structure built of piles; piling.
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In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
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(mathematics, computing) Any of several models in which a series of connected nodes interact with their neighbours according to fixed rules.
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(usually in the plural) A corrugated steel pile, which is vertically driven into the ground to form a wall of sheet piling.
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A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
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Obsolete spelling of strand. [The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.]
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The excavation of a trench.
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The practice of exploring tunnel.
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(British spelling) Alternative form of tunneler [One who makes tunnels.]
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(engineering) A device that feeds in material from below.
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Something that is underlaid, such as planking in a room of a house; underlay.
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(construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
adj
(architecture) Made slightly sloping, so as to throw off water.
n
(games) An arrangement of dominoes.
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