Excavation - Definition
excavation
n 1: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation
going on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging,
dig]
2: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp
next to the dig" [syn: dig, excavation, archeological
site]
3: a hole in the ground made by excavating
4: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth [syn:
mining, excavation]