excavate | (verb) find by digging in the ground | Synonyms: dig up, turn up |
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(verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, hollow |
(verb) form by hollowing | - |
(verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: unearth |
excavation | (noun) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth | Synonyms: mining |
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(noun) the act of digging | Synonyms: dig, digging |
(noun) a hole in the ground made by excavating | - |
(noun) the site of an archeological exploration | Synonyms: archeological site, dig |
excavator | (noun) a machine for excavating | Synonyms: digger, power shovel, shovel |
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(noun) a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying | - |