excavations – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
excavation
n.
act of hollowing out, act of digging out; act of unearthing, act of laying bare; dig, excavation site (i.e. archeological dig)
Excavation (archaeology)
In
archaeology,
excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is a site being studied. Such a site excavation concerns itself with a specific archaeological site or a connected series of sites, and may be conducted over as little as several weeks to over a number of years.
excavation
Noun
1. the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
(synonym) digging, dig
(hypernym) creating by removal
(derivation) excavate, unearth
2. the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
(synonym) dig, archeological site
(hypernym) site, land site
(hyponym) Byblos
(derivation) excavate, unearth
(classification) archeology, archaeology
3. a hole in the ground made by excavating
(synonym) hole in the ground
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) bore, bore-hole, drill hole
(derivation) excavate, unearth
4. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
(synonym) mining
(hypernym) production
(hyponym) placer mining
(derivation) excavate, dig, hollow
(class) opencast, opencut
excavation
nf.
excavation
excavation
n.
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