About The Word Excavation
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Excavation
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What's The Definition Of Excavation?
[n] the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
[n] the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" [n] a hole in the ground made by excavating [n] the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" Synonyms | Synonyms for Excavation: dig | dig | digging | hole in the ground | mining Related Terms | Find terms related to Excavation: abysm | abyss | arroyo | avulsion | box canyon | breach | break | bringing to light | burrow | canyon | casual discovery | catching | cavity | chance discovery | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crater | crevasse | crevice | cut | cutting out | cwm | deepening | defile | dell | depression | deracination | detection | determination | determining | dig | digging | diggings | dike | disclosure | discovery | disentanglement | distinguishment | ditch | donga | draw | drawing | drawing out | dredging | drilling | engraving | enucleation | eradication | espial | evolvement | evulsion | excision | exhumation | exposure | expression | exsection | extirpation | extraction | extrication | fault | find | finding | finding out | fissure | flaw | flume | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hole | hollow | incision | indentation | invention | joint | kloof | leak | locating | location | lowering | lucky strike | mine | mining | moat | notch | nullah | opening | pass | passage | pit | pressing out | probing | pulling | quarry | quarrying | ravine | recognition | rediscovery | removal | rent | revelation | rift | rime | ripping out | rupture | scissure | seam | serendipity | shaft | sinkage | sinking | slit | slot | split | spotting | squeezing out | strike | treasure trove | trench | trough | trouvaille | trove | tunnel | tunneling | uncovering | unearthing | unrooting | uprooting | valley | void | wadi | well | withdrawal | workings | wresting out See Also | artefact | artifact | bore | bore-hole | cellar | creating by removal | delf | ditch | drill hole | land site | mine | mineshaft | opencast mining | pit | placer mining | pool | production | quarry | root cellar | site | stone pit | strip mining | well | working | workings Excavation In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`ca*va"tion\, n. [L. excavatio: cf. F.
excavation.]
1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting,
scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. ``A
winding excavation.'' --Glover.
3. (Engin.)
(a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from
a covered cutting or tunnel.
(b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
The delivery of the excavations at a distance of
250 feet. --E. L.
Corthell.
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