excavation
US: /ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən/
UK: /ˌɛkskəvˈeɪʃən/
UK: /ˌɛkskəvˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
excavation /,ekskə'veiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự đào; hố đào
- sự khai quật
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] the activity of digging in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time: the recent excavations at Pompeii
2 [C, usually pl.] a place where people are digging to look for old buildings or objects: The excavations are open to the public.
3 [U] the act of digging, especially with a machine
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
cavity, hole, pit, crater, cut, ditch, trench, trough, burrow, hollow, shaft, tunnel; mine, quarry:
Concrete for the foundations will be poured into the excavation.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
archaeological
VERB + EXCAVATION
carry out, conduct
Further archaeological excavations are now being carried out.
EXCAVATION + VERB
reveal sth, uncover sth, unearth sth
Excavations of the site have revealed an Iron Age settlement.
| proceed, take place
More discoveries were made as the excavation proceeded.
Concise English dictionary
excavations‚ekskə'veɪʃn
noun
+the act of digging
+the site of an archeological exploration
+a hole in the ground made by excavating
+the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
