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English noun: excavation

1. excavation (act) the act of digging


SamplesThere's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.


Synonymsdig, digging


Broader (hypernym)creating by removal

2. excavation (location) the site of an archeological exploration


SamplesThey set up camp next to the dig.


Synonymsarcheological site, dig


Broader (hypernym)land site, site


Instance hyponymByblos


Domain categoryarchaeology, archeology

3. excavation (artifact) a hole in the ground made by excavating


Broader (hypernym)artefact, artifact


Narrower (hyponym)bore, bore-hole, cellar, delf, diggings, digs, ditch, drill hole, mine, mineshaft, pit, pool, quarry, root cellar, stone pit, well, working, workings

4. excavation (act) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth


Synonymsmining


Broader (hypernym)production


Narrower (hyponym)opencast mining, placer mining, strip mining


Domain category membersbore, bore-hole, drift, drill hole, drive, extract, fathom, fthm, gallery, heading, hush, hush, mine, opencast, opencut, rag, strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine









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