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excavation

[eks-kuh-vey-shuhn]

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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.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin excavātiōn- (stem of excavātiō) a hollowing. See excavate, -ion

Related forms

ex·ca·va·tion·al, adjective

non·ex·ca·va·tion, noun

re·ex·ca·va·tion, noun

Synonyms
1. See hole.

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So, they hired this local ostrich farmer to build down the staircase so they could conduct routine excavation of the site.

We follow a knot of workmen up the hill to rectangular pits shaded by a corrugated steel roof-the main excavation site.

Excavation reveals leg bones of sacrificial victims lying side by side.

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World English Dictionary

excavate (ˈɛkskəˌveɪt)

—vb
1.	to remove (soil, earth, etc) by digging; dig out
2.	to make (a hole, cavity, or tunnel) in (solid matter) by hollowing or removing the centre or inner part: to excavate a tooth
3.	to unearth (buried objects) methodically in an attempt to discover information about the past

[C16: from Latin excavāre, from cavāre to make hollow, from cavus hollow]

exca'vation

—n

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Word Origin & History

excavation

1610s, "action of excavating," from L. excavationem, noun of action from excavare (see excavate).

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Medical Dictionary

excavation ex·ca·va·tion (ěk'skə-vā'shən)
n.