excavation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of digging
there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton
Types & categories
- creating by removal hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the site of an archeological exploration
they set up camp next to the dig
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a hole in the ground made by excavating
Types & categories
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Sense 4 noun
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
Types & categories
- production hypernym
- placer mining hyponym
- strip mining hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating by removal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | archeology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | site |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Byblos |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dig up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excavate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bore-hole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | delf |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diggings |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ditch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mineshaft |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stone pit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pool |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | root cellar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | well |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | working |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hollow |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bore-hole |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | heading |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | fathom |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rag |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hush |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hush |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | mine |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | strip mine |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | drive |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | extract |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | opencast |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | production |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | placer mining |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip mining |