Glossary of civil engineering
civil engineering glossary If you struggle with the pronunciations or the names of elements in civil engineering, or you simply don't know them. Here is a list of 20 words you can learn related to civil engineering. There will be French translations, descriptions and pronunciations models. I used google to help me find pictures of every term you will see, master them, so you could understand what civil engineers talk about. abutment noun An abutment is a solid structure or piece that supports, holds up, or receives the weight and sideways pressure (thrust) from another object, like a bridge or an arch. Example: The bridge abutment supports the structure and holds back the soil behind it. en: culée Your browser does not support the audio element. backfill noun/verb A backfill is the process of refilling an excavated hole with the same soil or material that was just removed, or ...