excavation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: excavation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for excavation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excavation n the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" Synonym(s): excavation, digging, dig the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" Synonym(s): dig, excavation, archeological site a hole in the ground made by excavating the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth Synonym(s): mining, 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. [bd]A winding excavation.[b8] --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.