en excavation

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, DBPedia 2015, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar حَفْر (n, artifact) ➜
  • ar حُفْرَة في الأرْض (n, artifact) ➜
  • ca excavació (n, act) ➜
  • ca excavació (n, artifact) ➜
  • en dig (n, act) ➜
  • en digging (n, act) ➜
  • en mining (n, act) ➜
  • en dig (n, archeology) ➜
  • es excavación (n, act) ➜
  • es excavación (n, artifact) ➜
  • eu hondeaketa (n, artifact) ➜
  • eu indusketa (n, act) ➜
  • eu indusketa (n, artifact) ➜
  • fi kaivanto (n, artifact) ➜
  • fi kaivaus (n, act) ➜
  • fi kuoppa (n, artifact) ➜
  • fr creuser (n, act) ➜
  • fr excavation (n, act) ➜
  • fr excavation (n, artifact) ➜
  • id ekskavasi (n, act) ➜
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Types of excavation

  • en bore (n, mining) ➜
  • en delf (n, artifact) ➜
  • en digs (n, artifact) ➜
  • en ditch (n, artifact) ➜
  • en mine (n, artifact) ➜
  • en mineshaft (n, artifact) ➜
  • en pit (n, artifact) ➜
  • en pool (n, artifact) ➜
  • en root cellar (n, artifact) ➜
  • en well (n, artifact) ➜
  • en working (n, artifact) ➜

Related terms

  • sh jama (n) ➜
  • ang delf (n) ➜
  • ar جيب (n) ➜
  • ar س ك ك ➜
  • ar سك (n) ➜
  • az qazıntı (n) ➜
  • ca excavació (n) ➜
  • de abbaggerung (n) ➜
  • de ausgrabung (n) ➜
  • el ανασκαφή (n) ➜
  • el εκσκαφή (n) ➜
  • el εκσκαφικόσ (a) ➜
  • en backfill (n) ➜
  • en balk (n) ➜
  • en berry (n) ➜
  • en cavity (n) ➜
  • en diaphragm wall (n) ➜
  • en dig (v) ➜
  • en excavate (v) ➜
  • en excavate ➜
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excavation is used for…

  • en build a foundation ➜
  • en digging things up ➜
  • en exhuming dead bodies ➜
  • en exploring the area ➜
  • en find old things ➜
  • en finding ancient artifacts ➜
  • en finding archeological artifacts ➜
  • en finding dinosaur bones ➜
  • en gaining knowledge ➜
  • en getting ancient artifacts ➜
  • en giving archaeologists jobs ➜
  • en keeping archeologists occupied and employed ➜
  • en learning the history of the site ➜
  • en mapping ancient ruins ➜
  • en mining ➜
  • en release ancient artifacts from the ground ➜
  • en unearthing fossils ➜

Location of excavation

  • en an archealogical dig ➜
  • en an archeological site ➜
  • en Boston ➜
  • en a cemetary ➜
  • en a city ➜
  • en a construction site ➜
  • en the desert ➜
  • en Egypt ➜
  • en Montana ➜
  • en a quarry ➜
  • en under ground ➜
  • en a work area ➜

excavation is a type of…

  • en creating by removal (n, act) ➜
  • en artifact (n, wn) ➜
  • en an area or locale being investigated ➜
  • en big hole ➜
  • en a way of mining ore ➜

Derived terms

  • en excavation permit ➜
  • en excavation site ➜
  • en excavational ➜
  • en excavation (n) ➜
  • en sub excavation ➜

Word forms

  • en excavation (n) ➜
  • en excavations (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • la cavo ➜
  • la cavus ➜
  • la ex ➜
  • la excavatio ➜
  • la excavo ➜

Things located at excavation

  • en artefact ➜

Context of this term

  • fr archéologie ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 100943790-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 103307066-n
  • dbpedia.org Excavation (archaeology)
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q959782
  • en.wiktionary.org excavation
  • fr.wiktionary.org excavation
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