excavation

1. n. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. Source: opted

2. n. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. Source: opted

3. n. An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. Source: opted

4. n. The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. Source: opted

5. n. the act of digging Source: wordnet

6. n. the site of an archeological exploration Source: wordnet

7. n. a hole in the ground made by excavating Source: wordnet

8. n. the act of extracting ores or coal etc. from the earth Source: wordnet

9. 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. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. the act of digging n. a hole in the ground made by excavating Source: ecdict

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