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Excavation

Excavation Definition And Meaning
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.

Excavation Definition And Meaning

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"

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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