Dictionary

1. (

• excavation ,
• digging ,
• dig ,

) the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" ;

2. (

• dig ,
• excavation ,
• archeological_site

) the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig" ;

3. (

• excavation

) a hole in the ground made by excavating ;

4. (

• mining ,
• excavation

) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth ;