Any #0excludeGlossary cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an earth surface formed by earth removal.
Excavation may refer to:
- Archaeological excavation
- Excavation (medicine)
- Excavation (The Haxan Cloak album), 2013
- Excavation (Ben Monder album), 2000
- Excavation (novel), a 2000 novel by James Rollins
- Excavation: A Memoir, a 2014 memoir by Wendy C. Ortiz
- Bedrock Excavating Meaford is offering excavating services in meaford aeres.
- Excavation (video game), a 2003 video game by WildTangent
English
Etymology
From Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“I hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“I hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/
- Hyphenation: ex‧ca‧va‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
excavation (countable
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