Excavating

Synonyms for "excavating" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
archaeological diggingartifact recoverydelving

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
miningpondsrevealingsoil removalthoroughunearthingunearthing artifacts

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
activityarchaeologydiggingfigurative adjectiveoperationparticipial adjectiveprocess

More specific

15 entries
archaeological digbackhoe workcomprehensive reviewdeep analysisdiggingearthmovingextensive studygrid digginghand diggingmechanical diggingshovelingsite trenchingstratigraphic diggingtrench diggingtrenching

Collocations

12 entries
archaeological diggingexcavating equipmentexcavating processexcavating siteexcavating techniqueexcavating toolsexcavating trenchexcavating workfield excavatingmeticulous excavatingsafe excavatingsite excavation

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Archeologists have found pots of perfectly preserved honey while excavating an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Source: tatoeba (5769818)

Excavating human graves is just a part of what an archaeologist needs to do.

Source: tatoeba (6082587)

Excavating gold can be a prosperous career.

Source: tatoeba (6082588)

Tom owns an excavating company.

Source: tatoeba (6150363)

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