noun. The act or process of excavating.

noun. A hole formed by excavating.

noun. The act of making a thing hollow by removing the interior substance or part; the digging out of material, or its removal by any means, so as to form a cavity or hollow: as, the excavation of land by flowing water.

noun. A hollow or cavity formed by removing the interior substance: as, many animals burrow in excavations of their own forming.

noun. In engineering, an open cutting, as in a railway, in distinction from a tunnel.

noun. In zoology, a deep and somewhat irregular hollow with well-defined edges, as if a piece had been taken out of the surface.

noun. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

noun. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

noun. undefined

noun. An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

noun. The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

noun. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

noun. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

noun. An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

noun. The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

noun. Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.

noun. A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.

noun. the act of digging

noun. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

noun. the site of an archeological exploration

noun. a hole in the ground made by excavating