excavation

Definitions of excavation
  1. noun
    space that is surrounded by something
    synonyms: cavité, espace fermé
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    types:
    cavité, creux
    a cavity or space in something
    poche, sac
    an enclosed space
    type of:
    espace, intervalle
    an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
  2. noun
    a cavity or space in something
    synonyms: cavité, creux
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    type of:
    cavité, espace fermé
    space that is surrounded by something
  3. noun
    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    synonyms: cavité, fosse
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    types:
    sables mouvants
    a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
    bac à sable, sablonnière
    a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
    type of:
    cavité
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
  4. noun
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    synonyms: cavité
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    types:
    cavité, fosse
    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    sables mouvants
    a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
    bac à sable, sablonnière
    a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
    type of:
    bosse, dépression, enfoncement
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
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