borrow pit

noun

: an excavated area where material has been dug for use as fill at another location

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Noah was found dead May 16, a day after he was reported missing, in a borrow pit filled with water near his home in Jesup, Georgia, law enforcement and Johnson have said. —

Daniella Silva, NBC News, 19 July 2024 Sand for both sites is being dredged onto a hopper barge from a borrow pit 35 to 55 feet deep in the ocean about 3,500 feet offshore from the San Dieguito River outlet at Del Mar. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024 Lake Sandy Jo is located in Gary’s Black Oak section on a 50-acre site at 3615 W. 25th Ave., which includes the former 40-foot-deep water-filled borrow pit. —

Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022 Baldwin County: $4 million to convert an existing borrow pit into new wetlands that will improve water quality and reduce flooding in the Magnolia River watershed. —

al, 15 Oct. 2021 Under the new regulations, county commissioners would have to approve a permit for a borrow pit greater than 5,000 cubic yards, down from 10,000 cubic yards under the previous rules. —

Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2021