Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excavation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excavation \Ex`ca*va"tion\, n. [L. excavatio: cf. F.
excavation.]
1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting,
scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. ``A
winding excavation.'' --Glover.
3. (Engin.)
(a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from
a covered cutting or tunnel.
(b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
The delivery of the excavations at a distance of
250 feet. --E. L.
Corthell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excavation
n 1: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going
on near Princeton" [syn: {digging}, {dig}]
2: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp
next to the dig" [syn: {dig}]
3: a hole in the ground made by excavating [syn: {hole in the
ground}]
4: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth [syn:
{mining}]
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