packed earth

collocation in English

meaningsofpackedandearth

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packed
adjective
uk
/pækt/us
/pækt/
completely ...
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earth
noun
uk
/ɜːθ/us
/ɝːθ/
the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which ...
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(Definition ofpackedandearthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It includes several superimposed floors ofpackedearthand remains of wattle-and-daub walls.
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They ran naked on apackedearthtrack.
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Floors were made of gravel orpackedearth, or paved with bentonite blocks.
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Two hundred havepackedearthfloors and 456 consist of only one room.
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The floors were generallypackedearth, though planks were sometimes used.
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It had a walled arena ofpackedearth, with subterranean galleries.
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Almost all of these have some kind of flooring with less than ten percent havingpackedearth.
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The dam was ofpackedearth, triangular in cross section, 580 m in length and 4 meters high.
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Sacbe 2 is built ofpackedearthand was discovered during the archaeological excavation of a nearby quarry.
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Instead, they are structures made of tightlypackedearth, similar to concrete but without the binding properties of cement.
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These were characterised by the use local materials and labour, being primarily constructed of wood, havingpackedearthfloors and thatched roofs.
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The blockhouses walls were formed from two parallel wooden walls, with the gap in between was filled with tightlypackedearth.
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Established in 1849 this relatively small structure was originally wood-framed and canvas-covered with a tin roof and apackedearthfloor.
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The central room had apackedearthfloor, while the two end rooms had wooden floors built off the ground supported by the tabby walls.
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Flooring varies frompackedearthto brick and cement with walls of adobe, brick and block and with roofs of tiles or concrete slabs.
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As the siege trenches neared the fortress and came within artillery range of the walls, ten forts of timber andpackedearthand bales of cotton were erected.
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