Associations to the word «Excavate»
Noun
- Archaeologist
- Burrow
- Excavation
- Artefact
- Mound
- Artifact
- Pottery
- Tomb
- Burial
- Archaeology
- Flinder
- Woodpecker
- Kiln
- Barrow
- Cavity
- Earthwork
- Cairn
- Figurine
- Trench
- Hoard
- Tunnel
- Ditch
- Grave
- Moat
- Ceramics
- Quarry
- Site
- Skeleton
- Pit
- Digging
- Wadi
- Nest
- Urn
- Bce
- Dig
- Antiquity
- Caves
- Remains
- Landfill
- Stratum
- Embankment
- Cave
- Ruin
- Dug
- Cavern
- Shovel
- Pyramid
- Gravel
- Shipwreck
- Mosaic
- Fossil
- Ceramic
- Enclosure
- Indus
- Digger
- Cemetery
- Rampart
- Romano
- Antiquary
- Rubble
- Relic
- Cellar
- Tablet
- Shard
- Habitation
- Villa
- Papyrus
- Fragment
- Crete
- Jericho
- Dinosaur
Adjective
Wiktionary
EXCAVATE, verb. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
EXCAVATE, verb. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
EXCAVATE, verb. (transitive) To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
EXCAVATE, noun. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
Dictionary definition
EXCAVATE, verb. Recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold".
EXCAVATE, verb. Find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden".
EXCAVATE, verb. Form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity".
EXCAVATE, verb. Remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside".
Wise words
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