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spoil
[spȯil] (mining engineering)
The overburden or nonore material from a coal mine.
A stratum of coal and dirt mixed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
spoil
Material from excavating or dredging.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.