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Noun Concept
Categories: Gardening aids, Landscape architecture, Construction, Road construction, Artificial landforms
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grading  leveling
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Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface WordNet 3.0
English:
engineering
earthworks
construction
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Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Grading in civil engineering and landscape architectural construction is the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope, for a construction work such as a foundation, the base course for a road or a railway, or landscape and garden improvements, or surface drainage. Wikipedia
The preparation and leveling of land for construction, especially of roads and railways Wikipedia Disambiguation
The process of measuring levels to establish heights and altitudes. Wiktionary
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