Human remains were found during the excavation.
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Excavation
/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/
Synonyms for "excavation" (190 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (57)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(12 words)
delvingdigdig outdig updigging methoddigsearthworkearthworksexaminationexcavation procedurefield methodfosse
Related words (95)
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Noun(17 words)
holeinvestigationminingopeningpitprobescrutinyspadeworkstratigraphic diggingtrenchingtunnelingtunnelingstunnellingunburyingunderminingunearthingunearthing of fossils
Verb(3 words)
unearth artifactsunearth bonesunearth fossils
Related word relations
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More general
16 entriesMore specific
8 entriesarchaeological digarchaeological pitarchival reviewconstruction trenchdocument analysissalvage excavationstratigraphic digtest pit
Collocations
6 entriesarchaeological digarchaeological excavationconstruction excavationexcavation permitfield excavationsite excavation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνασκαφή noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изкопа́ване noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Catalan
1 entries- excavació noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Dutch
1 entries- afgraving noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Finnish
2 entries- kaivaminen noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- kaivuu noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
German
2 entries- Ausgrabung noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- Grabung noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Greek
1 entries- εκσκαφή noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Gujarati
1 entries- ખોદકામ noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Ido
2 entries- exkavado noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- exkavo noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Italian
1 entries- scavo noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Latin
1 entries- excavatio noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
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
1 entries- wykopalisko noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Portuguese
1 entries- escavação noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Russian
3 entries- копа́ние noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- рытьё noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- экскава́ция noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cladhach noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Spanish
1 entries- excavación noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Swedish
1 entries- utgrävning noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Telugu
1 entries- తవ్వకము noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
Turkish
1 entries- kazı noun (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
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.
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Lord Carnarvon financed the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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