All excavation synonyms

noun excavation

• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• diggings — (usually used with a singular verb) a place where digging is carried on.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• quarry — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
• pit — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
• mining — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• removal — the act of removing.
• burrow — A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
• cavity — A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
• ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
• dugout — a boat made by hollowing out a log.
• hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
• shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
• trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
• trough — a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
• blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
• disinterring — Present participle of disinter.
• scooping — a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
• shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.