excavation

excavation is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 25 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. noun. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
3. noun. An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
4. noun. The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
5. noun. the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

   Synonyms: mining

6. noun. the act of digging

   "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"

   Synonyms: dig, digging

7. noun. a hole in the ground made by excavating
8. noun. the site of an archeological exploration

   "they set up camp next to the dig"

   Synonyms: dig

Synonyms

mining, dig, digging

Common word forms

excavations, excavational

Words from these letters

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