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excavation

/ excavation /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of digging
"there''s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
Type of:
creating by removal
Derived:
excavate dig hollow dig out delve
noun Sense 2
a hole in the ground made by excavating
Type of:
artifact artefact
Kinds of:
bore bore-hole drill hole delf ditch
Derived:
excavate unearth dig hollow dig up
noun Sense 3
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
Type of:
production
Kinds of:
placer mining strip mining opencast mining
Derived:
excavate dig hollow mine
noun Sense 4
the site of an archeological exploration
"they set up camp next to the dig"
Type of:
site land site
Kinds of:
Byblos
Derived:
excavate unearth dig up turn up dig
Domain:
archeology archaeology
Semantic Complexity
47%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
34
Times Searched
2
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creating by removal artifact artefact bore bore-hole drill hole delf ditch production placer mining strip mining opencast mining