Meaning & use
excavation
The act of digging into the ground to uncover something, especially in archaeology or construction.
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The excavation uncovered pottery fragments dating back more than two thousand years.
Workers paused the excavation after finding what appeared to be an old foundation wall.
A note on using this word
Excavation can refer to the process of digging or, as a countable noun, to the resulting hole or site, as in 'several excavations.'
Words with a similar meaning
digdiggingunearthing
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