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excavation
[ eks-kuh-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- a hole or cavity made by excavating.
- the act of excavating.
- an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
Other Words From
- exca·vation·al adjective
- nonex·ca·vation noun
- reex·ca·vation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of excavation1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Jenkins had written entirely from secondary literature—no interviews or excavation of legal documents.
I was writing an article for Outside, whose expense money helped finance the excavation.
Sun will shine through many openings of the “Luminous Caves,” which he refers to as his magnum opus and his final excavation.
He, not Hylton, the author of Vanished, is the one who has done most of the research on the pilots and their excavation process.
Hundreds of years of excavation has left seven gorgeous chambers carved into the salt rock throughout the floors.
At his persuasion the pope purchased the vineyard, and the archological commission began the work of excavation.
He stopped above an excavation where Charnock and another were cutting a hole in the frozen gravel.
Soon after, I descended from the tree, and went to the excavation.
They were now standing in a glade, if we may use this word to designate a vast and dark excavation.
A fortnight of steady work, by both the men, not only completed the excavation, but built the wall.
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