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excavation
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 excavation
The act of digging:
— There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
synoniemen: dig, digging.
Roget 252:
concavity,
depression,
dip;
hollow,
hollowness;
indentation,
intaglio,
cavity,
dent,
dint,
dimple,
follicle,
pit,
sinus,
alveolus†,
lacuna;
excavation,
strip mine;
trough
etc.
(furrow)
259;
honeycomb.
cup,
basin,
crater,
punch bowl;
cell
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
socket.
valley,
vale,
dale,
dell,
dingle,
combe†,
bottom,
slade†,
strath†,
glade,
grove,
glen,
cave,
cavern,
cove;
grot†,
grotto;
alcove,
cul-de-sac;
gully
etc.
198;
arch
etc.
(curve)
245;
bay
etc.
(of the sea)
343.
excavator,
sapper,
miner.
honeycomb
(sponge)
252.1.
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Nederlands: plaagstoot
Pools: wykopaliska
2 excavation
3 excavation
A hole in the ground made by excavating.
Nederlands: uitholling
Pools: zagłębienie, wklęsłość, wgłębienie, wydrążenie, wklęśnięcie, zaklęśnięcie, zaklęsłość
4 excavation
The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth.
synoniem: mining.
Nederlands: mijnbouw, mijnarbeid, mijnontginning
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abysm, abyss, arroyo, avulsion, box canyon, breach, break, bringing to light, burrow, canyon, casual discovery, catching, cavity, chance discovery, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crater, crevasse, crevice, cut, cutting out, cwm, deepening, defile, dell, depression, deracination, detection, determination, determining, dig, digging, diggings, dike, disclosure, discovery, disentanglement, distinguishment, ditch, donga, draw, drawing, drawing out, dredging, drilling, engraving, enucleation, eradication, espial, evolvement, evulsion, excision, exhumation, exposure, expression, exsection, extirpation, extraction, extrication, fault, find, finding, finding out, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hollow, incision, indentation, invention, joint, kloof, leak, locating, location, lowering, lucky strike, mine, mining, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, pit, pressing out, probing, pulling, quarry, quarrying, ravine, recognition, rediscovery, removal, rent, revelation, rift, rime, ripping out, rupture, scissure, seam, serendipity, shaft, sinkage, sinking, slit, slot, split, spotting, squeezing out, strike, treasure trove, trench, trough, trouvaille, trove, tunnel, tunneling, uncovering, unearthing, unrooting, uprooting, valley, void, wadi, well, withdrawal, workings, wresting out ... meer laten zien.
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