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excavation
Overview of noun excavation
The noun excavation has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) excavation, digging, dig -- (the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton")
2. dig, excavation, archeological site -- (the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig")
3. excavation -- (a hole in the ground made by excavating)
4. mining, excavation -- (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excavation
4 senses of excavation
Sense 1
excavation, digging, dig
=> creating by removal
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
=> site, land site
=> tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
excavation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
mining, excavation
=> production
=> industry, manufacture
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun excavation
3 of 4 senses of excavation
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
HAS INSTANCE=> Byblos
Sense 3
excavation
=> bore, bore-hole, drill hole
=> delf
=> diggings, digs
=> ditch
=> mine
=> mineshaft
=> pit, quarry, stone pit
=> pool
=> root cellar, cellar
=> well
=> working, workings
Sense 4
mining, excavation
=> placer mining
=> strip mining, opencast mining
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excavation
4 senses of excavation
Sense 1
excavation, digging, dig
=> creating by removal
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
=> site, land site
Sense 3
excavation
=> artifact, artefact
Sense 4
mining, excavation
=> production
Antonyms of noun excavation
Member Holonyms of noun excavation
Substance Holonyms of noun excavation
Part Holonyms of noun excavation
Member Meronyms of noun excavation
Substance Meronyms of noun excavation
Part Meronyms of noun excavation
Meronyms of noun excavation
Holonyms of noun excavation
Attributes of noun excavation
Derived Forms of noun excavation
4 senses of excavation
Sense 1
excavation, digging, dig
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#1
=> excavate, unearth
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#2
=> excavate, dig up, turn up
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#1
=> excavate, unearth
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#2
=> excavate, dig up, turn up
Sense 3
excavation
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#1
=> excavate, unearth
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#3
=> excavate
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#4
=> excavate, dig, hollow
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#2
=> excavate, dig up, turn up
Sense 4
mining, excavation
RELATED TO>(verb) excavate#4
=> excavate, dig, hollow
Domain of noun excavation
1 of 4 senses of excavation
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
TOPIC>(noun) archeology#1, archaeology#1
Domain Terms of noun excavation
1 of 4 senses of excavation
Sense 4
mining, excavation
TOPIC TERM>(adj) opencast#1, opencut#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) bore#4, bore-hole#1, drill hole#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) drift#7, heading#3, gallery#7
TOPIC TERM>(noun) fathom#2, fthm#2
TOPIC TERM>(verb) rag#6
TOPIC TERM>(verb) hush#5
TOPIC TERM>(verb) hush#4
TOPIC TERM>(verb) mine#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) strip mine#1, surface mine#1, surface-mine#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) drive#19
TOPIC TERM>(verb) extract#5
Familiarity of noun excavation
excavation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun excavation
4 senses of excavation
Sense 1
excavation, digging, dig
> creating by removal
=> excavation, digging, dig
=> carving, cutting
=> drilling, boring
=> gouge
=> film editing, cutting
Sense 2
dig, excavation, archeological site
> site, land site
=> camp, summer camp
=> apron
=> bomb site
=> campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area
=> cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis
=> dig, excavation, archeological site
=> dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
=> fairway
=> green, putting green
=> ground zero
=> launching site
=> monument
=> premises
=> rough
=> tee, teeing ground
=> toxic site, toxic waste area, Superfund site
HAS INSTANCE=> Lateran
Sense 3
excavation
> artifact, artefact
=> article
=> facility
=> Americana
=> anachronism
=> antiquity
=> block
=> button
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> cone
=> covering
=> creation
=> decker
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> electroplate
=> enclosure
=> excavation
=> extra, duplicate
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile
=> facility, installation
=> fixture
=> float
=> insert, inset
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> lemon, stinker
=> line
=> marker
=> mystification
=> opening
=> padding, cushioning
=> plaything, toy
=> ready-made
=> restoration
=> sheet, flat solid
=> sphere
=> square
=> squeaker
=> strip, slip
=> structure, construction
=> surface
=> thing
=> track
=> way
=> weight
=> building material
=> paving material
Sense 4
mining, excavation
> production
=> mass production
=> overproduction, overrun
=> underproduction
=> output, yield
=> capacity
=> breeding
=> brewing
=> cultivation
=> generation
=> mining, excavation
=> quarrying
=> boring, drilling, oil production
=> sericulture
Meronyms of noun excavation
4 senses of excavation
Sense 3
excavation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
mining, excavation
=> production
=> industry, manufacture
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
HAS PART: business activity, commercial activity
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
HAS PART: transportation, shipping, transport
Holonyms of noun excavation
Grep of noun excavation
excavation
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