Usually means: Replace excavated soil into trench.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word backfill:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. backfill: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. backfill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backfill: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backfill: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Backfill, backfill: Wordnik
  6. backfill: Wiktionary
  7. backfill: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. backfill: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. backfill: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. backfill: Dictionary.com
  11. Backfill: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. backfill: Dictionary/thesaurus
  13. backfill: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfill: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfill: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backfill: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  3. Backfill: Construction Glossary
  4. backfill: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary

(Note: See backfilled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (backfill)

verb:  To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (US) To provide reserve support.
verb:  (US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
verb:  (gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
noun:  The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
noun:  (US) Reserve support personnel.
noun:  (US) That which backfills; a replacement.
noun:  (literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.

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