Excavation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌekskəˈveɪʃn|

Brit.
|ɛkskəˈveɪʃ(ə)n|

noun ▼
- the act of digging (syn: dig, digging)
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (syn: mining)
there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (syn: mining)
Examples
there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
The museum displays relics found during the excavation of the site.
Word forms
noun
singular: excavation
plural: excavations
singular: excavation
plural: excavations