excavate
pronunciation
How to pronounce excavate in British English:
UK [ˈekskəveɪt]
How to pronounce excavate in American English:
US [ˈekskəveɪt]
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- Verb:
- lay bare through digging
- find by digging in the ground
- form by hollowing
- remove the inner part or the core of
Word Origin
- excavate (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Hotel managers instructed their engineering team to carefully excavate the site .
- 2. He 's proven he can race a formula 1 car , take down an opponent in judo , excavate archaeological digs and play piano .
- 3. Using the liner to check your progress , excavate enough soil to allow at least 6 in.of gravel all around the liner .
- 4. She put together a team to excavate the site and is writing a book about her findings .
- 5. It will take many more months of work to excavate the entire skeleton and get it back to la for analysis .