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Excavate Definition & Meaning

excavate
verb
  1. recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
  2. find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
  3. form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
  4. remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

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  • "hole sand excavate"
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What does excavate mean?
recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity" remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
What part of speech is excavate?
Excavate is a verb.
How many definitions does excavate have?
Excavate has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).

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