rammed earth

English

Noun

rammed earth (uncountable)

1. A construction material made by compressing or packing earth (dirt).

Coordinate terms

• snowcrete

Translations

construction material

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夯土 (zh) (hāngtǔ)

• Finnish: maa (fi) (literally “earth”) (in compounds), puristettu maa-aines (technical and specific, but uncommon)
• French: pisé (fr) m
• Portuguese: taipa (pt)
• Russian: утрамбо́ванный грунт m (utrambóvannyj grunt), набивно́й грунт m (nabivnój grunt)
• Spanish: tierra apisonada f, tapial (es) m