excavation
/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən/
noun
- The process or activity of digging out earth, rock, or other material from the ground.
- The excavation for the new subway line will take several months.
- The company specializes in large-scale excavation for mining projects.
- Heavy rain delayed the excavation of the building site.
- A hole or cavity that has been dug out of the ground.
- The workers filled the excavation with gravel and sand.
- A deep excavation appeared where the old tree had been removed.
- The archaeologists explored a large excavation that revealed an ancient street.
- The act of uncovering something buried, especially by archaeologists or paleontologists.
- Students participated in the excavation of a prehistoric burial site.
- The excavation of the Roman villa uncovered beautiful mosaics.
- The museum funded a new excavation in the Valley of the Kings.
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