Synonyms for excavation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pit — the act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing
- n. 2
The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
Forms
- Plural
- excavations → pits, holes, cavities, depressions…
Example sentences
- pit Ziri planted a pit of a date palm in his backyard.
- dig In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.
- digging You're digging your own grave with your own hands.
- mining Mining has declined in importance in recent years.
By length
- 3 letters
- pit1, dig1
- 4 letters
- hole1
- 6 letters
- mining2, hollow2, cavity3
- 7 letters
- digging2
- 9 letters
- hollowing3
- 10 letters
- depression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mining2 = 2 syllables).