excavation

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noun

1. the act of digging (Freq. 2)
- there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
• Syn:
digging, dig
• Derivationally related forms:
dig (for: dig), dig (for: digging), excavate
• Hypernyms:
creating by removal
2. the site of an archeological exploration
- they set up camp next to the dig
• Syn:
dig, archeological site
• Derivationally related forms:
excavate, dig (for: dig)
• Topics:
archeology, archaeology
• Hypernyms:
site, land site
• Instance Hyponyms:
Byblos
3. a hole in the ground made by excavating
• Derivationally related forms:
excavate
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
bore, bore-hole, drill hole, delf, diggings,
digs, ditch, mine, mineshaft, pit, quarry,
quarry, pool, root cellar, cellar, well,
working, workings
4. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
• Syn:
mining
• Derivationally related forms:
excavate, mine (for: mining)
• Members of this Topic:
opencast, opencut, bore, bore-hole, drill hole,
drift, heading, gallery, fathom, fthm, rag,
rag, mine, strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine,
drive, extract
• Hypernyms:
production
• Hyponyms:
placer mining, strip mining, opencast mining

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mining, dig, archeological site, digging