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excavation (noun)

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  • excavation — excavate ► VERB 1) make (a hole or channel) by digging. 2) extract (material) from the ground by digging. 3) carefully remove earth from (an area) in order to find buried remains. DERIVATIVES excavation noun excavator noun. ORIGIN Latin excavare… …   English terms dictionary

  • excavation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ archaeological ▪ recent ▪ recent excavations of underground burial chambers ▪ extensive VERB + EXCAVATION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • excavation — noun 1) the excavation of a grave Syn: unearthing, digging up; disinterment, exhumation 2) the excavation of a moat Syn: digging, hollowing out, boring, channeling 3) implements found in the excavations …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • excavation unit — noun A pit, trench, shovel test hole, (etc.) or other result of scientific excavation …   Wiktionary

  • excavation — 1610s, action of excavating, from L. excavationem (nom. excavatio) a hollowing out, noun of action from pp. stem of excavare (see EXCAVATE (Cf. excavate)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • excavation — noun 1. the act of digging (Freq. 2) there s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton • Syn: ↑digging, ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • excavation — noun Date: circa 1611 1. the action or process of excavating 2. a cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping • excavational adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • excavation — noun a) the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass b) a cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping …   Wiktionary

  • excavation — UK [ˌekskəˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms excavation : singular excavation plural excavations a) [countable/uncountable] the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past archaeological excavations b) [uncountable] formal the… …   English dictionary

  • excavation — ex|ca|va|tion [ ,ekskə veıʃn ] noun count or uncount the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past: archaeological excavations a. uncount TECHNICAL the process of digging a large hole in the ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • excavation — /ɛkskəˈveɪʃən/ (say ekskuh vayshuhn) noun 1. the act of excavating. 2. a hole or cavity made by excavating. 3. the site of archaeological investigation by digging …  

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