EXCAVATION
\ˌɛkskəvˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɛkskəvˈeɪʃən], \ˌɛ_k_s_k_ə_v_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXCAVATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
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a hole in the ground made by excavating
By Princeton University
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the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
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a hole in the ground made by excavating
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
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A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
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An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
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The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
By Oddity Software
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The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
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A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
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An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
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The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The formation of a cavity, hollowing out. 2. A natural cavity or recess, excavatio. 3. A cavity formed artificially or as the result of a pathological process.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A hollow, depression, or basin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
