excavation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Near-synonyms: hollowing out, hollowing”

2. isim Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
3. isim A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
4. isim An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
5. isim The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

   “[…] to cart away the excavations from the work, and to recart the same back again so far as required to fill the trench over the sewer […]”

6. isim Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
7. isim A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
8. isim Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.

   “To date, [Taco's 1982 cover of Irving Berlin's 1935] "Cheek To Cheek" and similar auditory excavations have fared poorly.”

9. isim The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).

   “Chua looks at the landscape of childhood rather like a mining engineer looks at a pristine landscape—ripe for the excavation of talent.”