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/ˌɛkskəvˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Excavation n.

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

A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. "A winding excavation."

(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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Excavation" Quotes from Famous Books

... took place in the school-house at Wallsend, the old parish church being at the time in so dilapidated a condition from the "creeping" or subsidence of the ground, consequent upon the excavation of the coal, that it was considered dangerous to enter it. On this occasion, Robert Gray and Anne Henderson, who had officiated as bridesman and bridesmaid at the wedding, came over again to Willington, and stood godfather and godmother to little Robert,—so ...

— Lives of the Engineers - The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson • Samuel Smiles

... The principal excavation was begun at the point where the bed was deepest, and which consequently the older miners must have had most trouble in reaching. Here were set up two Letestu pumps that were actuated by ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 • Various

... cliffs. The eggs are a buffy white color and are faintly marked with light brown, some of these being in the shape of spots and others lengthened. Size 2.40 x 1.40. Data.—Sanak Islands, July 1, 1894. Two eggs on the ground under a tuft of grass and in a slight excavation lined with ...

— The Bird Book • Chester A. Reed

... the excavations at Bamian, in a neighbouring district. These "still form the residence of the greater part of the population.... The hills at Bamian are formed of indurated clay and pebbles, which renders this excavation a matter of little difficulty." Similar occupied excavations are noticed by Moorcroft at Heibak and other places ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

... of the Tsala tents are nearly flat, and the middle has an opening six inches wide along its whole length. An excavation from twelve to twenty-four inches deep is made in the soil, and a rude wall of stones, about one foot high, is built round it, over which the tent cloth, made in narrow widths of yak's or goat's hair, is extended by ropes led over ...

— Among the Tibetans • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs Bishop)

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