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Excavation

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

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

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Site 76% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

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Bore 76% connected

of Bear

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Cellar 76% connected

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

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Delf 76% connected

A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

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Ditch 76% connected

A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach…

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Mine 76% connected

See Mien.

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Pit 76% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Quarry 76% connected

Same as 1st Quarrel.

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Well 76% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Working 76% connected

of Work

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Derivationally related 6

Dig 74% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Dig 74% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Excavate 74% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

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Excavate 74% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

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Mine 74% connected

See Mien.

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Mine 74% connected

See Mien.

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Synonym 3

Dig 92% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Digging 92% connected

of Dig

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Mining 92% connected

of Mine

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