excavate

[US]/ˈekskəveɪt/
[UK]/ˈekskəveɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Excavate: to dig out, uncover, or make a hole by removing earth.

Phrases & Collocations

excavate ancient ruins

excavate a trench

excavate a fossil

excavate a shipwreck

Example Sentences

excavate an archaeological site.

excavate an ancient burial site

excavate an ore-rich hillside.

They plan to excavate a large hole.

the ground was largely excavated by hand.

the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench.

The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress.

Excavate coal is primary production link in coal mine production, therefor, Weaving excavate coal working face supersedure plan has instructional meaning.

a very large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel.

clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site.

The workmen excavated a hole in the wall to let the sewage pipe pass through.

Archaeologists excavated fossilized dinosaur tracks from the riverbed.

Bright ejecta rays such as these are produced as impacts excavate and eject relatively unweathered subsurface material.

, whose fruit was excavated on the Hemu site early in neolite era whose cultivating history covered at least 7000 years, is one of important domestic aquatic plants.

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