Dictionary Entry
excavate
excavate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
- 2transitive verb
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
- 3transitive verb
To dig out and remove, as earth.
- 4verb
remove the inner part or the core of
"the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
- 5verb
form by hollowing
"Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"
"excavate a cavity"
- 6verb
find by digging in the ground
"I dug up an old box in the garden"
- 7verb
recover through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"
"excavate gold"
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