Associations to the word «Excavate»
Noun
- Courtyard
- Coffin
- Millennium
- Dwelling
- Jamestown
- Aqueduct
- Jar
- Superstructure
- Louvre
- Vertebra
- Portico
- Dump
- Nara
- Slab
- Depth
- Concrete
- Bog
- Sand
- Sewer
- Ancient
- Cutting
- Specimen
- Remnant
- Babylon
- Terrace
- Viking
- Synagogue
- Statue
- Palace
- Anatolia
- Expedition
- Monument
- Basin
- Egypt
- Roman
- Complex
- Effigy
- Promontory
- Brick
- Clutch
- Graveyard
- Skull
- Evidence
- Labyrinth
- Coin
- Drainage
- Dynasty
- Shrine
- Tell
- Layer
- Diameter
- Saxon
- Passageway
- Bath
- Pharaoh
- Wooden
- Battista
- Crevice
- Miner
- Anglo
- Stairway
- Contractor
- Sculpture
- Celt
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".
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