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Significados de spoil heap en inglés

Artificial mountain formed by the backfill of overburden from an open-cast mine.

        Uso de spoil heap en inglés
        1
        A robin pecks for worms in the spoil heap as I take my leave.
        The Guardian
        2
        There were spoil heaps, tool sheds and lesser engines scattered around it.
        Empire in black and gold
        3
        Cannily, you notice the archaeological spoil heaps of what was obviously very extensive excavation.
        Wired
        4
        Justin's back there, past the spoils heap-
        Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
        5
        Lots of spoil heaps.
        The Slab
        6
        I swallowed again and picked my way across the spoils heap, catching my foot on a large cobble and almost tripping into Bucky.
        Past malice: an emma fielding mystery