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backfill: a layer of highly conductive ramming material between the shell of a blast furnace and the refractory lining in the bosh zone
Category: Iron and steel industries

backfill: waste sand or rock used to support the roof after removal of ore from the stope; sand or dirt placed behind timber, steel or concrete linings in shafts or tunnels; the filling in again of a place from which the rock or ore has been removed
Category: Mining

backfilling: refilling the trench with earth after the tiles have been laid; also the material used for refilling
Category: Building industry

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