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Word: Excavate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin excavat- ‘hollowed out’, from the verb excavare, from ex- ‘out’ + cavare ‘make or become hollow’ (from cavus ‘hollow’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛkskəveɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (a hole or channel) by digging
Short Definition:make hole by digging
Examples:- the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench
Definition:
remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains
Short Definition:remove earth from area to find remains
Examples:- the site was excavated in 1975
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