EXCAVATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

2.
n.

A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. "A winding excavation." Glover.

3.
n.

An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.

4.
n.

The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.


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