Look up: spoil

1. Spoil
   [archaeology] In Archaeology, spoil is the term used for the soil, dirt and rubble that results from an excavation, and discarded off site on spoil heaps. These heaps are commonly accessed by barrow runs. ==Spoil management== Effective management of spoil is necessary because its volume is i...
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2. Spoil
   Dirt or rock removed from its original location--destroying the composition of the soil in the process--as in strip-mining, dredging, or construction.
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3. spoil
   [n] - (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) 2. [n] - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it 3. [n] - the act of stripping and taking by force 4. [v] - become unfit for consumption or use
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4. Spoil
   Material dug out during excavation
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5. Spoil
   Material dug out during excavation.
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6. spoil
   the material removed from ground excavation and surplus to,or unsuitable for,immediate or ultimate requirements Category: Building industry • the excess of cutting over filling on any given construction Category: Building industry
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7. Spoil
   Spoil transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spoiled or Spoilt ; present participle & verbal noun Spoiling .] [ French spolier , Old French espoilelier , from ...
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8. Spoil
   Spoil intransitive verb 1. To practice plunder or robbery. « Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil .» Spenser. 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
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9. Spoil
   Spoil noun [ Confer Old French espoille , Latin spolium .] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. « Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense...
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10. spoil
    1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. 'Gentle gales, Fanning their odouriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.' (Milton) ... 2. Public offices and their emoluments regarded as ...
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11. spoil
    spoliation noun the act of stripping and taking by force
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12. spoil
    noun (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); `to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy`
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13. spoil
    spoilage noun the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; `her spoiling my dress was deliberate`
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14. spoil
    despoil verb destroy and strip of its possession; `The soldiers raped the beautiful country`
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15. Spoil
    • (v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery. • (v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar. • (v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder. • (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. • (n.) Corruption; cause of corruption. &...
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16. spoil
    to make the quality of something worse
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17. Spoil
    Spoil is slang for inflict serious bodily injury on.
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18. Spoil
    Spoil is slang for inflict serious bodily injury on.
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