excavation

ex·ca·va·tion

 (ĕk′skə-vā′shən)

n.

1. The act or process of excavating.

2. A hole formed by excavating.

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ex•ca•va•tion

(ˌɛks kəˈveɪ ʃən)

n.

1. a hole made by excavating.

2. the act of excavating.

3. an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.

[1605–15; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	excavation - the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" digging, dig creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something
	2.	excavation - the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" archeological site, dig archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
	3.	excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole bore-hole, drill hole, bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes delf - an excavation; usually a quarry or mine diggings, digs - an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology ditch - a long narrow excavation in the earth mine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted mineshaft - excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine stone pit, quarry, pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with water root cellar, cellar - an excavation where root vegetables are stored well - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine working, workings - a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
	4.	excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth mining production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" placer mining - mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging opencast mining, strip mining - the mining of ore or coal from an open mine bore-hole, drill hole, bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes heading, drift, gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" fathom, fthm - (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" mine - get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals" strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine - extract (ore) from a strip-mine drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" extract - separate (a metal) from an ore

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excavation

noun hole, mine, pit, ditch, shaft, cutting, cut, hollow, trench, burrow, quarry, dig, trough, cavity, dugout, diggings excavations in the earth

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Translations

حَفْر، تَنْقيب

udgravning

AbgrabungAusgrabung

εκσκαφήανασκαφή

excavación

excavationfouille

ásatásfeltáráskiásás

gröftur

escavazionescavo

bouwput

grunnarbeidutgraving

hĺbenie

izkopavanje

kazı

发掘挖掘

excavation

[ˌekskəˈveɪʃən] N → excavación f

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excavation

[ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃ^ən] n

(by archeologist) → fouilles fpl

(by builder, machine) → creusement m

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excavation

n

(Archeol) → (Aus)grabung f; excavations (= site) → Ausgrabungsstätte f

(of tunnel etc) → Graben nt

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excavation

[ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃ/ən] n → scavo (Archeol) → scavi mpl

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excavate

(ˈekskəveit) verb

1. to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this. opgrawing يَحْفُرُ الأرْضَ копая escavar vyhloubit ausgraben udgrave ανασκάπτω, σκάβωexcavar kaevama سوراخ کندن؛ حفر کردن kaivaa creuser לַחפּור, לַחֲשׂוֹף खोद कर निकालना iskopati kiás menggali grafa scavare 穴を掘る (구멍, 터널 들을) 파다 iškasti []rakt menggali gravengrave wykopywać حفر كول، كيندل، سمڅ جوړول، ګوګ كول، كينداو ايستل (لكه دخاورې escavar a săpa выкапывать vyhĺbiť izkopati iskopati gräva ขุด kazmak 挖掘 викопувати, рити کھود کر خندق وغیرہ بنانا đào 挖掘

2. in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging. The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress. uitgrawing يُنَقِّبُ عن الآثار разкопавам escavar vykopat, odkrýt ausgraben udgrave ανασκάπτω, ξεθάβωexcavar välja kaevama کندن و آشکار کردن؛ درآوردن kaivaa esiin faire des fouillesחשיפה उत्खनन करना iskopavati feltár menggali grafa upp portare alla luce 発掘する 발굴하다 atkasti, kasinėti izdarīt izrakumus menggali opgravengrave ut odkrywać كينداو ايستل escavar a dezgropa производить раскопки vykopať izkopati iskopati gräva fram, göra utgrävningar ขุดค้น kazı yapmak 發掘 робити розкопки آثار کی تلاش کے لیے کسی جگہ کی باقاعدہ کھدائی کرنا khai quật 发掘

ˌexcaˈvation noun

uitgrawings حَفْر، تَنْقيب разкопки escavação hloubení; vykopávka die Ausgrabung udgravning ανασκαφήexcavación kaevamine, väljakaevamine حفاری؛ کاوش kaivaus fouille; excavationחפירה, חשיפה खोखलापन iskopavanje, iskapanje kiásás; ásatás, feltárás penggalian (upp)gröftur scavo 発掘 발굴 (iš)kasimas, kasinėjimas rakšana; izrakumi penggalian opgravinggrunnarbeid; utgravingwykopaliska كيندنه، را سر بيره كول (دپټوشيانو): حفرياث escavação spătură (arheologică) выкапывание; раскопки hĺbenie; vykopávka izkopavanje iskopavanje grävning, utgrävning กระบวนการขุดค้นหาวัตถุโบราณ kazı 挖(發)掘 викопування; розкопки کھدائی sự khai quật 挖（发）掘

ˈexcavator noun

a machine or person that excavates. opgrawer آلة تَنْقيب багер escavador(a) kopáč; bagr der Ausgräber gravko; gravemaskine εκσκαφέαςexcavadora ekskavaator, kaevaja شخص یا ماشین حفاری؛ حفار kaivuri excavatrice; fouilleur/-euse חוֹפֵר उत्खनक radnik na iskopavanju exkavátor penggali grafari; grafa scavatore, escavatore, escavatrice 掘削機 발굴자, 굴착기 ekskavatorius, kasėjas ekskavators; ekskavatorists penggali graafmachine, gravergravemaskin; grunnarbeiderkoparka, archeolog كيندونكى، هغه اله ياما شين چه خاوره وباسى escavador(a) excavator; săpător экскаватор; землекоп kopáč; bager kopač kopač grävare, grävmaskin เครื่องจักรขนาดใหญ่ที่ใช้ขุด kazma makinası, ekskavatör 挖土機 екскаватор آثارجو người khai quật 发掘者，挖掘器

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