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Excavation logo #10101) Byblos 2) Concavity 3) Delf 4) Dig 5) Digging 6) Ditch 7) Mine 8) Mineshaft 9) Mining 10) Pit 11) Pool
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Excavation

Excavation logo #10101) Creating by removal 2) Digging 3) Medical terminology 4) The act of digging 5) The act of excavating
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  1. the act of digging
  2. the site of an archeological exploration
  3. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

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Excavation logo #21000[archaeology] In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or `dig` is a site being studied. Such a site excavation concerns itself with a specific archaeological site or a connected series of sites, and may be conducted over as little as several weeks to over a number of...
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Excavation logo #21000[medicine] In medicine, excavation has two meanings: Examples of the latter include: ...
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Excavation logo #21002• (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • (n.) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. • (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. • (n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.Excavation: ...
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Excavation

Excavation logo #21003(from the article `de Kooning, Willem`) ...period after his first show were complex, agitated abstractions such as Asheville (1948–49), Attic (1949), and Excavation (1950; Art Institute, ...
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excavation logo #21003(from the article `archaeology`) Excavation is the surgical aspect of archaeology: it is surgery of the buried landscape and is carried out with all the skilled craftsmanship that ... [5 related articles]
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excavation logo #21003(from the article `tunnels and underground excavations`) horizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature`s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A ...
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excavation logo #21142a hole made in the ground for installing a foundation
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excavation logo #20688In archaeology, the systematic recovery of data through the exposure of buried sites and artefacts. Excavation is destructive, and is therefore accompanied by a comprehensive recording of all...
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excavation logo #209731. A natural cavity, pouch, or recess. ... Synonym: excavatio. ... 2. A cavity formed artificially or as the result of a pathologic process. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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excavation logo #21001(eks″kә-va´shәn) the act of hollowing out. a hollowed-out space, or pouchlike cavity. atrophic excavation cupping of the optic disk, due to atrophy of the optic nerve fibers. excavation of optic disk , physiologic excavation&...
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Excavation logo #20972Ex`ca·va'tion noun [ Latin excavatio : confer French 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. 'A winding excavation .' Glover....
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excavation logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: eks′kă-vā′shŭn Definitions: 1. A natural cavity, pouch, or recess; a sunken or depressed area. 2. A cavity formed artificially or as the result of a pathologic process. Synonyms: depression2, excavatio
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excavation logo #20400[n] - a hole in the ground made by excavating 2. [n] - the act of digging
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excavation logo #21009excavation 1. The act or process of excavating. 2. A hole formed by excavating.
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Excavation logo #23876Cavity or pit produced by digging the earth in preparation for construction.
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excavation logo #20974 noun the act of digging; `there`s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton`
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excavation logo #20974 noun a hole in the ground made by excavating
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excavation logo #21221In archaeology, the systematic recovery of data through the exposure of buried sites and artefacts. Excavation is destructive, and is therefore accompanied by a comprehensive recording of all material found and its three-dimensional locations (its context). As much material and information as possible must be recovered from any dig. A full reco...
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Excavation logo #21599Excavation is the best known and most commonly used within the science of archaeology. In this sense it is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. The term is also used for an example of the application of the technique to the study of a given site. In this sense, an excavation may sometimes be referred to as a "dig" by th...
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excavation logo #22701an area where rock or alluvium has been removed.
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excavation logo #21199a hole or cavity made by excavating. · the act of excavating. · an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
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excavation logo #23665 the act of digging
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