excavation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | production, |
| definition | : | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | placer mining, |
| definition | : | mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | bore, bore-hole, drill hole, |
| definition | : | a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | drift, gallery, heading, |
| definition | : | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | fathom, fthm, |
| definition | : | (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore (noun.quantity) |
| domain member category | : | rag, |
| definition | : | break into lumps before sorting (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | hush, |
| definition | : | run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | hush, |
| definition | : | wash by removing particles (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| domain member category | : | drive, |
| definition | : | excavate horizontally (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | extract, |
| definition | : | separate (a metal) from an ore (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | opencast, opencut, |
| definition | : | (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface (adj.all) |
2. the act of digging (noun.act)
3. a hole in the ground made by excavating (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | artefact, artifact, |
| definition | : | a man-made object taken as a whole (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | bore, bore-hole, drill hole, |
| definition | : | a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | delf, |
| definition | : | an excavation; usually a quarry or mine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | diggings, digs, |
| definition | : | an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | ditch, |
| definition | : | a long narrow excavation in the earth (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mine, |
| definition | : | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mineshaft, |
| definition | : | excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pit, quarry, stone pit, |
| definition | : | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pool, |
| definition | : | an excavation that is (usually) filled with water (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cellar, root cellar, |
| definition | : | an excavation where root vegetables are stored (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | well, |
| definition | : | a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | working, workings, |
| definition | : | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked (noun.artifact) |
4. the site of an archeological exploration (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | land site, site, |
| definition | : | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | byblos, |
| definition | : | an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated (noun.location) |
| domain category | : | archaeology, archeology, |
| definition | : | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures (noun.cognition) |
5. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
6. the act of digging (noun.act)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dig, dig out, |
| definition | : | create by digging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
7. a hole in the ground made by excavating (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, |
| definition | : | form by hollowing (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
8. the site of an archeological exploration (noun.location)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dig, dig out, |
| definition | : | create by digging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
9. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (noun.act)
| derivation | : | mine, |
| definition | : | get from the earth by excavation (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
10. the act of digging (noun.act)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dig, dig out, |
| definition | : | create by digging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
11. a hole in the ground made by excavating (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, |
| definition | : | form by hollowing (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
12. the site of an archeological exploration (noun.location)
| derivation | : | dig, excavate, hollow, |
| definition | : | remove the inner part or the core of (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | dig, dig out, |
| definition | : | create by digging (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | excavate, unearth, |
| definition | : | recover through digging (verb.perception) |
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