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Meaning of soil nail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One of a number of rods or bars inserted into pre-drilled holes in a steep slope in order to stabilise it.

Examples

“More than 900 eight-to-ten-metre soil nails are set into the walls adjacent to the north end of the dive-under, to secure its steep concrete-sprayed side.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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