How to pronounce “cut-and-cover”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

ground cover, groundcover, duck and cover, stand over, ctenophore, sankar, solander, soddened, soland, sameer