excavation
noun
a hole or cavity made by excavating.
excavations
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pluralof excavation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Remains of at least 10 Neanderthals were discovered in excavations in the cave in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Those excavations were designed to determine how people collected and used plants inside the cave in the distant past.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
While they are still to be fixed, water in the river is again running freely after a multi-agency and community effort saw vital excavations and tree removal take place.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Beirut, whose history spans over 5,000 years, Laure Salloum oversees archaeological excavations in the chaotic modern city.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
The excavations of the Antikythera shipwreck, in 1900, marked the beginnings of underwater excavations carried out in what is regarded as a technologically primitive manner.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
