| 单词 | natural foundation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnatural foundation natural foundation n. Building the soil itself used as the foundations for a building, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > consolidated soil natural foundation1802 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Foundation If the earth to be built upon is..such that the natural foundation cannot be trusted. 1906 H. Y. Margary in G. A. T. Middleton Mod. Buildings I. iii. i. 71/1 Natural foundation is the name applied to such as are formed on the soil itself, and it is applicable when the soil is practically incompressible. 1938 E. G. Warland Building Constr. i. i. 1 Natural foundation beds should be incompressible or equally yielding over the whole area. 1986 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. ii. 9/1 With a less permeable natural foundation for the dump, we'd at least have the comfort of knowing that the underlying geology was very tight. < as lemmas |
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