excavation

n. act of hollowing out, act of digging out; act of unearthing, act of laying bare; dig, excavation site (i.e. archeological dig)

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Noun
1. the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
(synonym) digging, dig
(hypernym) creating by removal
(derivation) excavate, unearth
2. the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
(synonym) dig, archeological site
(hypernym) site, land site
(hyponym) Byblos
(derivation) excavate, unearth
(classification) archeology, archaeology
3. a hole in the ground made by excavating
(synonym) hole in the ground
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) bore, bore-hole, drill hole
(derivation) excavate, unearth
4. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
(synonym) mining
(hypernym) production
(hyponym) placer mining
(derivation) excavate, dig, hollow
(class) opencast, opencut

nf. excavation

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