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cut and fill
(redirected from Rock cut)

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cut and fill [¦kət ən ′fil]
(civil engineering)
Construction of a road, a railway, or a canal which is partly embanked and partly below ground.
(geology)
Lateral corrosion of one side of a meander accompanied by deposition on the other.
A sedimentary structure consisting of a small filled-in channel.


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Below 3 metres it is rock cut and at least one incision has been made into the side to encourage flow of water into the well.
A geologist, George Cavey, was performing a gold exploration program on a property west of the Hemlo discovery in 1985 when he noticed an interesting stone within a rock cut along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Petra was gradually overrun by the desert, although its rock cut tombs survived.
 
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