excavation
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(noun) the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" |
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Synonyms: dig, digging |
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Related Words: creating by removal |
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(noun) a hole made by excavating |
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Synonyms: hole in the ground |
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Related Words: artefact, artifact, bore, bore-hole, cellar, delf, ditch, drill hole, mine, mineshaft, pit, pool, quarry, root cellar, stone pit, well, working, workings |
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(noun) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
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Synonyms: mining |
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Related Words: opencast mining, placer mining, production, strip mining |
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(noun) the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" |
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Synonyms: dig |
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Related Words: land site, site |
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