excavación

Definitions of excavación
  1. noun
    the act of digging
    synonyms: cavadura, cavazón
  2. noun
    a hole in the ground made by excavating
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    barreno, calibre, taladro
    a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
    zanja
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
    mina
    excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
    cantera
    a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
    bodega, cantina, cava, caño
    an excavation where root vegetables are stored
    pozo
    a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
    elaboración, explotación, funcionamiento, laboreo, labra, manejo, marcha, mecanismo, operatividad, pozos
    a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
    pozo artesiano
    a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward
    calvero
    a quarry for chalk
    cisterna
    an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
    carbonera, hullera
    a mine where coal is dug from the ground
    acequia, agüera, azarbe, cacera, reguero, sangradera
    a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially
    salina
    a mine where salt is dug
    pileta, piscina
    pool that provides a facility for swimming
    zanja
    a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
    foso
    a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest
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    artefacto
    a man-made object taken as a whole
  3. noun
    the site of an archeological exploration
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    emplazamiento
    the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
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