excavation
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/
The English word “excavation” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
- A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
- The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
- Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
- A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
- Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
- The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).
Etymology
From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”). Equivalent to excavate + -ion.
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