excavation
The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Other meanings
Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
Synonyms
- digging
- dig
Related words
- excavational
- excavationist
- nonexcavation
- reexcavation
- excavation unit
- re-excavation
- sub-excavation
Word history
From Latin "excavātiō" (a hollowing out).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “excavation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.