Definitions
the act of extracting ores or coal etc.
from the earth
Word origin
From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”). Equivalent to excavate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing”
“[…] to cart away the excavations from the work, and to recart the same back again so far as required to fill the trench over the sewer […]”
“To date, [Taco's 1982 cover of Irving Berlin's 1935] "Cheek To Cheek" and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.”
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