Human remains were found during the excavation.
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Excavation
//ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn//
Synonyms for "excavation" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
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Noun(3 words)
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesat location
12 entriesderived
7 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
2 entriesused for
17 entriesbuild foundationdigging things upexhuming dead bodiesexploring areafind old thingsfinding ancient artifactsfinding archeological artifactsfinding dinosaur bonesgaining knowledgegetting ancient artifactsgiving archaeologists jobskeeping archeologists occupied and employedlearning history of sitemapping ancient ruinsminingrelease ancient artifacts from ground
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Translations
69 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνασκαφή noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Belarusian
1 entries- раскопкі noun (archaeological excavation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- и́зкоп noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- и́зкоп noun (uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel)
- изкопа́ване noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- разко́пки noun (archaeological excavation)
Catalan
2 entries- excavació noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- excavació noun (archaeological excavation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 挖掘 noun (archaeological excavation)
- 發掘 /发掘 noun (archaeological excavation)
Dutch
3 entries- afgraving noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- bouwput noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- opgraving noun (archaeological excavation)
Finnish
4 entries- kaivaminen noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- kaivaus noun (archaeological excavation)
- kaivuu noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- kaivuujäte noun (material dug out in making a channel or cavity)
French
1 entries- fouille noun (archaeological excavation)
Georgian
2 entries- გათხრა noun (archaeological excavation)
- გათხრები noun (archaeological excavation)
German
4 entries- Ausgrabung noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- Ausgrabung noun (archaeological excavation)
- Aushub noun (material dug out in making a channel or cavity)
- Ausschachtung noun (uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel)
Greek
2 entries- ανασκαφή noun (archaeological excavation)
- εκσκαφή noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Gujarati
1 entries- ખોદકામ noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Ido
4 entries- exkavado noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- exkavo noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- exkavuro noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- kavajo noun (uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel)
Italian
2 entries- scavo noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- scavo noun (archaeological excavation)
Japanese
1 entries- 発掘 noun (archaeological excavation)
Latin
2 entries- excavatio noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- excavatio noun (archaeological excavation)
Malay
3 entries- ekskavasi noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- penggalian noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- pengorekan noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قازمه noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Polish
3 entries- wykop noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- wykopaliska noun (archaeological excavation)
- wykopalisko noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Portuguese
3 entries- escavação noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- escavação noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- escavação noun (archaeological excavation)
Russian
4 entries- копа́ние noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- котлова́н noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- око́п noun (uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel)
- раско́пки noun (archaeological excavation)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cladhach noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Spanish
4 entries- cavia noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- excavación noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- excavación noun (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- excavación noun (archaeological excavation)
Swedish
2 entries- utgrävning noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- utgrävning noun (archaeological excavation)
Tamil
2 entries- அகழ்வாய்வு noun (archaeological excavation)
- அகழ்வாராய்ச்சி noun (archaeological excavation)
Telugu
1 entries- తవ్వకము noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Turkish
2 entries- kazı noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- kazı noun (archaeological excavation)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The anthropologist is piecing together pottery shards she unearthed at the excavation site.
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I used to own an excavation business, and run backhoes.
Source: tatoeba (2654832)
Lord Carnarvon financed the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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