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▸ noun: Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
▸ noun: (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
▸ noun: (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
▸ noun: (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
▸ noun: (countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
▸ noun: (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
▸ noun: (figurative) The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).
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digging,
mining,
hole in the ground,
exhumation,
unearthing,
extraction,
exsuction,
scavengery,
excarnation,
unpacking,
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