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Definition of excavation
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
- the act of digging; "there''s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
Hyponyms: placer mining, strip mining, opencast mining, bore, bore-hole, drill hole, delf, ditch, mine, mineshaft, pit, quarry, stone pit, pool, root cellar, cellar, well, working, workings, Byblos
Derivational Morphology: excavate, dig, hollow, mine, dig out, delve, cut into, turn over, unearth, dig up, turn up
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