: the situation in which something happens : the group of conditions that exist where and when something happens. 1  We need to look at the event within the larger/broader context of world history. 2  The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts. 3  We need to consider these events in context.
Goofer dust. Goofer dust is a traditional hexing material and practice of the African American tradition of hoodoo from the South Eastern region of the United States of America.
However, the clay slurry was of an unusual type, known as bentonite. When an excavation is filled with bentonite it mixes with the soil and forms a skin known as athe filter cake on the sides. The filter cake is plastic and a few millimetres thick. It prevents the walls collapsing.