excavation

Noun
  1. The act of digging (synset 100943790)
    "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
    is a type of: creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something
    same as: dig, digging
  2. The site of an archeological exploration (synset 108567651)
    "they set up camp next to the dig"
    referred to in: archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
    is a type of: land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
    specific instances: byblos - 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
    same as: archeological site, dig
  3. A hole in the ground made by excavating (synset 103307066)
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • bore, bore-hole, drill hole - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
    • delf - an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
    • diggings, digs - an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
    • ditch - a long narrow excavation in the earth
    • mine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
    • mineshaft - excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
    • pit, quarry, stone pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
    • pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
    • cellar, root cellar - an excavation where root vegetables are stored
    • well - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
    • working, workings - a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
  4. The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (synset 100924141)
    associated with:
    • bore, bore-hole, drill hole - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
    • drift, gallery, heading - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
    • fathom, fthm - (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
    • rag - break into lumps before sorting
    • hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
    • hush - wash by removing particles
    • mine - get from the earth by excavation
    • strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine - extract (ore) from a strip-mine
    • drive - excavate horizontally
    • extract - separate (a metal) from an ore
    • opencast, opencut - (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
    is a type of: production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
    subtypes:
    same as: mining

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