ALL meanings of earthwork
earth·work
E e - noun earthwork A large artificial bank of soil, especially one made as a defense. 1
- noun earthwork excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation. 1
- noun earthwork Military. a construction formed chiefly of earth for protection against enemy fire, used in both offensive and defensive operations. 1
- noun earthwork an artistic work that consists of a large-scale alteration or modification of an area of land in a configuration designed by an artist or of an artist's sculptural installation, as in a museum or gallery, of soil, rock, or similar elemental materials. 1
- noun earthwork Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification. 0
- countable noun earthwork Earthworks are large structures of earth that have been built for defence, especially ones which were built a very long time ago. 0
- noun earthwork excavation of earth, as in engineering construction 0
- noun earthwork a fortification made of earth 0
- noun earthwork an embankment made by piling up earth, esp. as a fortification 0
- noun earthwork the work of excavating or building embankments 0
- noun earthwork a work of art, usually massive in scale, incorporating a natural feature of an area, as a groove sculpted into a desert mesa or a wheat field planted in geometric patterns 0