excavation has definitions from the fields of economics,mining,business,archeology,geography
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[ noun ] the act of digging

Synonyms

dig digging

Examples

"there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

`` How many is that , Jim '' ? asked Willie at one stage of his excavation project .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The historian can only point_out those lines which were major enough to find reflection in our limited evidence , and must hope that future excavations will enrich our understanding .

2
[ noun ] (archeology,geography) the site of an archeological exploration

Examples

"they set up camp next to the dig"

3
[ noun ] a hole in the ground made by excavating
4
[ noun ] (economics,mining,business) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

Synonyms

mining

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