What is another word for excavation?
Synonyms for excavation
ˌɛks kəˈveɪ ʃənex·ca·va·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
excavation, digging, dignoun
the act of digging
"there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
Synonyms:
barb, dig, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, miningdig, excavation, archeological sitenoun
the site of an archeological exploration
"they set up camp next to the dig"
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barb, dig, jab, slam, shot, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, miningexcavationnoun
a hole in the ground made by excavating
Synonyms:
digging, dig, archeological site, miningmining, excavationnoun
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
Synonyms:
digging, minelaying, archeological site, dig, mining
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excavationnoun
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excavatingexcavationnoun
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1427 | searches | |
#1967 | shot | |
#4161 | mining | |
#6977 | pit | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8524 | shaft | |
#8995 | drilling | |
#11841 | slam | |
#14969 | digging | |
#16286 | barb | |
#17366 | excavation | |
#31630 | jab | |
#33922 | excavated | |
#45152 | excavator | |
#85364 | jibe | |
#108692 | exhumation | |
#213898 | gibe |
How to use excavation in a sentence?
Our work continues to find the graves of our fellow Tulsans who went missing during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Today, we begin a test excavation in Oaklawn Cemetery to determine what is causing an underground anomaly found by geophysical scanning conducted earlier this year, because the scan is consistent with a mass grave, a team of some of the foremost researchers in the nation have assembled in Tulsa to assess both the presence and the condition of any human remains at the site in question.
This site is a significant discovery the most comprehensive modern excavation of a Roman cemetery in Somerset.
I really believe that this site needs excavation maybe for the coming 50 years.
I never thought I'd get to go on a fossil excavation in my life, and that was just really, really cool.
Finding the location of Maryland’s original settlement is truly exciting news for our state and will give us an opportunity to reconnect with our pre-colonial and early colonial years, the state has been proud to support the study of St. Mary’s Fort and looks forward to further excavation of the area as we approach our state’s 400th anniversary.
Translations for excavation
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- حفياتArabic
- изкоп, изкопаване, разкопкиBulgarian
- excavacióCatalan, Valencian
- Grabung, Aushub, Ausgrabung, AusschachtungGerman
- ανασκαφή, εκσκαφήGreek
- excavaciónSpanish
- kuoppa, kaivaus, kaivuujäte, kaivaminen, kaivuuFinnish
- excavationFrench
- cladhachScottish Gaelic
- kavajo, exkavado, exkavuro, exkavoIdo
- scavoItalian
- 発掘Japanese
- excavatioLatin
- penggalian, pengorekan, ekskavasiMalay
- opgraving, bouwput, afgravingDutch
- углубление, раскопка, яма, копание, экскавация, окоп, котлован, рытьёRussian
- utgrävningSwedish
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