Excavation Definition
ĕkskə-vāshən
excavations
noun
excavations
An excavating or being excavated.
Webster's New World
Something unearthed by excavating.
Webster's New World
A hole or hollow made by excavating.
Webster's New World
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
Wiktionary
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
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excavationsOrigin of Excavation
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From Latin excavatio (“a hollowing out”), from excavare (“to hollow out”), from ex- (out) + cavare (to hollow)< cavus (hollow)< Proto-Indo-European *keu- (“vault, hole”)
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