spoil heap

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spoil heap

noun spoil heaps

A heap formed of spoil (material discarded during mining or excavation).
Similar: spoil tip, slag heap, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank
The place where spoil is dumped.

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@misc{spoil_heap_2026,
  title = {spoil heap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoil%20heap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}