excavate

• excavate

excavate

Verb

recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"

Synonyms:

• excavate
• unearth

Verb

find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"

Synonyms:

• excavate
• dig up
• turn up

Verb

form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"

Synonyms:

• excavate

Verb

remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"

Synonyms:

• excavate
• dig
• hollow