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earthwork in Finnish

earthwork in Finnish is maavalli — earthwork means a structure built from piled-up soil, especially a bank used for defence or to control flooding.

earthwork in Finnish

maavalli
noun
Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.

What does "earthwork" mean?

  1. noun A structure built from piled-up soil, especially a bank used for defence or to control flooding.
    "At the moment only some 35 miles of earthwork have been completed from Qum, and no permanent way has been laid."
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earthwork in a sentence

  • At the moment only some 35 miles of earthwork have been completed from Qum, and no permanent way has been laid.
  • The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.

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What is "earthwork" in Finnish?
"earthwork" in Finnish is maavalli. earthwork means: A structure built from piled-up soil, especially a bank used for defence or to control flooding.
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