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A spoken or written reply, as to a question. A correct reply. A solution, as to a problem. A correct solution.

A spoken or written reply, as to a question. A correct reply. A solution, as to a problem. A correct solution.

Small stones or fragments of stone or very small pebbles larger than the particles of sand, but often mixed with them. Generally 4.76 to 75mm in size. (Stones 75 to 300 mm are usually called "cobbles".

Lowering of the level of groundwater; for example, when a work area is dewatered for construction.

(1) The removal of water from a construction area, as by pumping from an excavation or location where water covers the planned working surface. (2) Lowering of the groundwater table in order to obtain a "dry" area in the vicinity of an excavation which would otherwise extend below water.