excavationn.

/ɛkskəˈveɪʃən/

Etymology: (? < French excavation ) < Latin excavātiōn-em, noun of action < excavāre : see excavate v.

The action of excavating.

1. The action or process of digging out a hollow or hollows in (the earth, etc.); an instance of the same; the result or extent of the process.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > making hollow

hollowing1607

excavation1611

excavating1691

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Excavation, an excauation; a hollowing, a making hollow.

1623–6 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 299 This excavation of the Terrestrial Body, or elevation of other parts thereof whereby the water subsided.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Excavation of the Foundations of a Building..is settled by Palladio at a sixth Part of the Height of the whole Building.

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 89 The utter separation of both continents was most probably the effect of excavations by volcanoes.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 35 All the remains of organic bodies found during the excavations belonged to living species.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 134 The amount of excavation which can be wrought..by means of running water.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 38/2 Digging out the hollows for cellars, &c...is called the excavation.

2. concrete. An excavated space; a cavity or hollow.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > an excavation

fossure1727

excavation1781

grubbery1887

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > a cavity or hollow

hollowc897

wombOE

holkc1000

dalkc1325

hollownessc1374

spaciosity?a1425

pitc1480

concavitya1513

doupa1522

capacity?1541

cavity?1541

concave?1541

vacuation?1541

vacuity?1541

sound1603

cave1605

ferme1612

ventriclea1631

core1663

want1664

uterus1692

excavation1781

hog trough1807

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 110 Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden.

1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 145 All spots..which consist of a dark nucleus, and surrounding umbra, are excavations in the luminous matter of the sun.

1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xxiv. 489 The wine-press was an oblong excavation in the rock.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 550 All great peninsulas..have an excavation or bend inward on their westward side.

3. The process of laying bare by excavating; an unearthing; in quot. 1864 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > finding and bringing to light

excavation1864

unearthing1876

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 73 The excavation of state papers has thrown [light] on the vast designs of, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	excavation
释义	excavationn. /ɛkskəˈveɪʃən/ Etymology: (? < French excavation ) < Latin excavātiōn-em, noun of action < excavāre : see excavate v. The action of excavating. 1. The action or process of digging out a hollow or hollows in (the earth, etc.); an instance of the same; the result or extent of the process. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > making hollow hollowing1607 excavation1611 excavating1691 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Excavation, an excauation; a hollowing, a making hollow. 1623–6 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 299 This excavation of the Terrestrial Body, or elevation of other parts thereof whereby the water subsided. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Excavation of the Foundations of a Building..is settled by Palladio at a sixth Part of the Height of the whole Building. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 89 The utter separation of both continents was most probably the effect of excavations by volcanoes. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 35 All the remains of organic bodies found during the excavations belonged to living species. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 134 The amount of excavation which can be wrought..by means of running water. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 38/2 Digging out the hollows for cellars, &c...is called the excavation. 2. concrete. An excavated space; a cavity or hollow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > an excavation fossure1727 excavation1781 grubbery1887 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > a cavity or hollow hollowc897 wombOE holkc1000 dalkc1325 hollownessc1374 spaciosity?a1425 pitc1480 concavitya1513 doupa1522 capacity?1541 cavity?1541 concave?1541 vacuation?1541 vacuity?1541 sound1603 cave1605 ferme1612 ventriclea1631 core1663 want1664 uterus1692 excavation1781 hog trough1807 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 110 Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden. 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 145 All spots..which consist of a dark nucleus, and surrounding umbra, are excavations in the luminous matter of the sun. 1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xxiv. 489 The wine-press was an oblong excavation in the rock. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. App. 550 All great peninsulas..have an excavation or bend inward on their westward side. 3. The process of laying bare by excavating; an unearthing; in quot. 1864 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > finding and bringing to light excavation1864 unearthing1876 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 73 The excavation of state papers has thrown [light] on the vast designs of, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1611
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