Definition of Excavate

Verb

  • remove the inner part or the core of
    "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
  • form by hollowing
    "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"
    "excavate a cavity"
  • find by digging in the ground
    "I dug up an old box in the garden"
    - dig up - turn up
  • recover through digging
    "Schliemann excavated Troy"
    "excavate gold"
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Word games points for the Excavate

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Unscramble excavate

54 unscramble word found using the letters excavate.
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