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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eks-kuh-veyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛks kəˌveɪt |
Definition of excavated
Origin :- 1590s, from Latin excavatus, past participle of excavare "to hollow out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cavare "to hollow, hollow out," from cavus "cave" (see cave (n.)). Related: Excavated; excavating.
- verb dig up
- Let this be as it may, we found nothing of any value in the agglomerate in which the Egyptians had excavated.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- The amphitheatre is still in existence, and was excavated in 1887.
- Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
- To return to the site first found, the hill fort of Dunbuie, excavated in 1896.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
- If the ground is soft a small grave is excavated at the bottom of the larger one.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- The walls and ceiling were rough and irregular; it was natural instead of excavated.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- This place was excavated and examined, but no trace of any burial could be found there.
- Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham » by J. E. Bygate
- The ruins of Mayan civilization, excavated once, were buried anew.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- The rock has been excavated by the miners into all sorts of shapes.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- More than forty million cubic yards of earth and rock were excavated.
- Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
- The gravel was excavated and loaded by hand into side dump cars of 35 cu.
- Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
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