Defenition of the word excavation
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Defenition of the word excavation
- The removal of earth from its natural position.
(Source: HARRIS)
- the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
- the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
- a hole made by excavating
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
- the act of digging; "there''s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
Synonyms for the word excavation
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- dig
- digging
- hole in the ground
- mine
- mining
- quarry
Similar words in the excavation
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- excavation
- excavation's
- excavations
Hyponyms for the word excavation
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- bore
- bore-hole
- Byblos
- cellar
- delf
- diggings
- digs
- ditch
- drill hole
- mine
- mineshaft
- opencast mining
- pit
- placer mining
- pool
- quarry
- root cellar
- stone pit
- strip mining
- well
- working
- workings
Hypernyms for the word excavation
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- artefact
- artifact
- creating by removal
- land site
- production
- site
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