caving ground

  • 1caving — cav|ing [ˈkeıvıŋ] n [U] BrE the sport of going into ↑caves deep under the ground American Equivalent: spelunking …

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  • 2caving — cav|ing [ keıvıŋ ] noun uncount the sport of walking and climbing through CAVES under the ground: SPELUNKING …

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  • 3caving — keɪv n. natural underground tunnel, hollow opening in the ground v. collapse, cease to resist, submit; cause to collapse …

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  • 4caving — noun (U) the sport of going deep under the ground in caves; spelunking AmE …

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  • 5caving — UK [ˈkeɪvɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] the sport of walking and climbing through caves under the ground …

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  • 6Common Ground (NYC) — Common Ground Founder(s) Rosanne Haggerty Type social services organization Founded 1990 …

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  • 7forepole — I. transitive verb also forepale (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ Etymology: fore + pole or pale (v.) : to advance (an excavation) in quicksand or caving ground by driving poles, slabs, or sheathing into the ground ahead of the excavating or simultaneously with it… …

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  • 8Retreat mining — is a term used to reference the final phase of an underground mining technique known as room and pillar mining. This involves excavating a room or chamber while leaving behind pillars of material for support. This excavation is carried out in a… …

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  • 9обрушающаяся порода — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN caving ground …

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  • 10mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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