Excavation

Noun
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
 * 3) an uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel
 * 4) the material dug out in making a channel or cavity
 * 5) archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value
 * 6) a site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out

Adjectives for Excavation
abandoned; lone; gaping; desolate.

Verbs for Excavation
direct—; discover during—; employ in—; engage in—; examine—; forbid—; place—; plan—; prevent—; require—; tunnel—; unearth in—; watch—; —divulges; —exposes; —impairs; —lays bare; —progresses ; —reveals ; —ruins.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
excavare (to hollow out)< ex- (out) + cavare (to hollow)< cavus (hollow)<

Translations

 * German: Grabung, Ausgrabung
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 * German: Ausschachtung


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